Whaling
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DUNIH 2021.1
Shell from a whaling harpoon, collected from Grytviken, South Georgia, Antarctica by donors Husband...
DUNIH 2017.2.12
Photograph, black and white showing Discovery near Port Lockroy replenishing her fresh water supply...
DUNIH 2017.2.11
Photograph, black and white showing men preparing the whale at Grytviken Whaling Station, the bow of..
DUNIH 2017.2.11
Photograph, black and white showing men preparing the whale at Grytviken Whaling Station, the bow of..
DUNIH 2017.2.10
Photograph, black and white showing Blue Whale ready for flensing - this is where the skin and fat i..
DUNIH 2017.2.9
Photograph, black and white showing Fin Whale in the water. Annotated with 'number 14' on ba..
DUNIH 2017.2.8
Photograph, black and white showing firing from the stern of the ship at a Blue Whale in the water. ..
DUNIH 2017.2.7
Photograph, black and white showing the stern of the ship and a Blue Whale in the water. Annotated w..
DUNIH 2017.2.6
Photograph, black and white showing the Grytviken Whaling Station on South Georgia. Annotated with &..
DUNIH 2014.26.3
Whale's eardrum painted to look like a pirate, using red, black and white paint. The donor broug..
DUNIH 2014.26.2
Whale's tooth, a sperm whale's tooth carved into the shape of a penguin. The donor brought ..
DUNIH 2014.26.1
Whale's tooth, from a sperm whale. The donor brought this back after spending a season in 1955 a..
DUNIH 2011.44
Book, hardback with dark blue cover, entitled 'From Edinburgh to the Antarctic' by William G..
DUNIH 2009.68
A section of a central portion of the left jawbone of a rorqual or fin whale from Arctic Ocean...
W 79.133.5
Whaling harpoon, iron;double shaft with two barbed swivelling hooks (now stuck) and explosive head. ..
DUNIH 6
Booklet, by Eustace Rolfe Gunther (junior zoologist onboard the Discovery Oceanographic Expedition 1..
DUNIH 264.6
Tool, minature shaft with hammer whaling tool made of walrus ivory, part of a set of six tied togeth..
DUNIH 264.5
Tool, miniature flat spatula whaling tool made of walrus ivory, part of a set of six tied together w..
DUNIH 264.4
Tool, miniature reeded rod whaling tool made of walrus ivory, part of a set of six tied together wit..