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Blue Whale on Flensing Plate at Grytviken Whaling Station DUNIH 2017.2.10

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Blue Whale on Flensing Plate at Grytviken Whaling Station

Photograph, black and white showing Blue Whale ready for flensing - this is where the skin and fat is removed from the carcass. Annotated with 'number 15' on back - this possibly is a reference to the images selected to be used for Alister Hardy's book on the expedition 'Great Waters'. Annotation from 'Great Waters' for this photograph reads 'A blue whale on the flensing plate at Grytviken whaling '. Part of a collection of photographs and archives relating to Alister Hardy 1896-1985, zoologist on the Discovery Oceanographic Expedition 1925-1927.

Number: DUNIH 2017.2.10
Name: Blue Whale on Flensing Plate at Grytviken Whaling Station
Date: 1925-1927
Maker: Hardy, A. C.
Location: In Store