Sentences with phrase «whaling station»
A "whaling station" refers to a place or facility where whales are hunted and processed for various purposes such as extracting their oil, harvesting their meat, or collecting their body parts. Full definition
Day Four — Today we travel through Beachport, a quaint old whaling station on a sheltered bay — home to a small fishing fleet.
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Beachport, a quaint old whaling station on a sheltered bay, is home to a small fishing fleet.
Molly's Reach is suburbia compared to the former whaling stations of Vancouver Island's west coast.
Shore - based whaling stations near Victoria on Vancouver Island, using only row boats and hand - thrown harpoons, removed the entire population in less than a decade.
On the Antarctic island of South Georgia, in February, toward the middle of what passes for summer at the bottom of the world, I hurried through the ruined whaling station of Grytviken.
Afternoon tour of Albany city, visit to Mt. Clarence, The Amity, Whaling Station Museum and The Gap.
While this is the most heavily advertised part of the disc, it's somewhat lackluster in practice and provides only a slight teaser as to the Predator and Alien presence at the Antarctic whaling station in 1904.
Not only were the whales taken in Magdalena Bay, but also by ships anchored along the coast from San Diego south to Cabo San Lucas and from whaling stations from Crescent City in northern California south to San Ignacio Lagoon.
Turning into Houston Stewart Channel, separating South Moresby Island from Kungit Island, we pass Rose Harbour — an abandoned whaling station — and begin heading west to the open Pacific.
This former whaling station houses a museum where you can see giant whale skeletons, harpoons and scrimshaw (etchings on whalebone).
During the 1950s Tangalooma was the site for one of the largest whaling stations in the southern hemisphere.
N.B. Entry to Amity and Whaling Station included in your fare, Lunch not included.
The real damage was done between 1911 and 1933, when Japanese whalemen killed 1,449 after Japanese companies established several whaling stations on Korean Peninsula and on Chinese coast such as near the Daya bay and on Hainan Island.
They also drop mail, groceries, supplies, and the occasional passenger along the way at float homes, the Sechart Whaling Station, Bamfield and finally Ucluelet.
They were totally extirpated from the San Juan Islands by a small whaling station near Victoria, B.C. in the 1930s.
Now an award winning tourist destination, Whale World was once a thriving whale station which closed in 1978.
Fin whale meat is transported by truck from the Hvalur whaling station to Akranes, where it is cut, packaged, boxed, and made ready for export in HB Grandi facilities.
At southern whaling stations the ice cover has decreased by about 25 % between 1950 and 1975, i.e. -10 % per decade (2).
Possible landing sites and excursions include Elsehul Bay, Salisbury Plain, Prion Island, Fortuna Bay, St. Andrews Bay, Gold Harbour, Drygalski Fjord, Cumberland Bay and the old whaling stations at Stromness, Leith, Husvik and Grytviken.
Purchase lunch at your leisure before we join a fascinating tour of Whale World, the site of Australia's last whaling station.
Visitors to Albany can also learn about the whales at Whale World, an interactive museum in a former whaling station.
The logical curlicues used to bring the title beasts together defy description; the plot involves ancient civilizations, an abandoned Antarctic whaling station, and an underground pyramid that changes shape every 10 minutes.
Today we travel through Beachport, a quaint old whaling station on a sheltered bay — home to a small fishing fleet.
After a rest, Shackleton and two of his men hiked and climbed across treacherous mountains to a whaling station, where Shackleton procured a ship and sailed to rescue his comrades.
Exploding harpoons pierce the huge animal's body and she is dragged, bleeding, onto the deck, to be butchered back at the whaling station... But this isn't Antarctica, and those aren't Japanese whalers.
Worsley set off from the remote island in a 22 - foot lifeboat across the South Atlantic Ocean, eventually traveling 800 miles to one of the South Sandwich Islands near the tip of South America, where there was a whaling station where they could get help.
In the summers between 1614 and 1660, Smeerenburg was a thriving settlement, with around 200 men processing blubber in seven whaling stations.
In 1951 we headed for Rum Jungle, where a uranium boom was on, but halfway there we stopped in Kaniva, another boomtown, with a whaling station and high - paying jobs.
It was caught near a whaling station off the coast of Western Australia, where white sharks did scavenge on dead whales.
Discover the richness of Albany's whaling history at the Albany Whale Museum, the only museum of its kind in the world built from the remains of a former whaling station.
The whaling station museum tells fascinating tales of Albany's whaling industry and you can take a cruise to meet whales up close.
The Coal Harbour whaling station, on Vancouver Island's northwest coast (near Port Hardy) was the last whaling station in North America.
Activities: Archipelago Nature Cruises Jamie's Whaling Station - * discount Long Beach Golf Course Majestic Ocean Kayaking Paddle West Kayaking - * discount Ucluelet Aquarium Wild Pacific Trail West Coast Wild Adventures
The first settlers were fur sealers who established a trading post at Spring Cove and then a whaling station.
Some of the other attractions are the Millenium Tower, a tour of the old whaling station, a game of golf on the 18 - hole golf course or shopping at one of the many chain stores.
[122] A whaling station in Richmond, California, caught 311 gray whales for «scientific purposes» between 1964 and 1969.
Only a few were caught from two whaling stations on the coast of California from 1919 to 1926, and a single station in Washington (1911 — 21) accounted for the capture of another.
There were Chinese fishing villages, and whaling stations.
On the way to the Millennium Tower one can enjoy magnificent harbour and city views or a tour of the old whaling station, one of the last remaining symbols that remind us that whaling took place off the coast of Durban many years ago.
Tours take place in the old whaling station on the Bluff Headlands as well as one of the largest collections of pictures, memorabilia, newspaper clippings and old footage of the whaling days.
The Whaling station Tour is Run seasonally and will not be available for every guest.
This was a whaling station in former times.
No whaling stations are in operation in B.C., which explains why the whales are doing so well.