A fatherless boy joins the crew of a whaling ship in order to earn a living for himself and his mother. Beyond being a fascinating depiction of a now-alien time, occupation, and culture, it’s also a rousing adventure story. One is left with the impression that hunting and catching a whale in a sailing ship was akin to you or me being stalked, ambushed, and killed by a shoebox full of mice.
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At the age of 16 Ballantyne went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson’s Bay Company. His rule in writing, being in every case, was to write as far as possible from personal knowledge of the scenes he described.In this book he details the lives of the crew as they must overwinter in the frozen north including their meetings with Eskimos and bears and their struggles with disease. This is a realistic account of what life was like for the explorers of the Arctic.
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01 In Trouble, To Begin With.
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02 – At Sea, The First Storm
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03 – In the Ice, Dangers of Arctic Voyaging
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04 ‘Cutting-in the Blubber’ and ‘Trying out the Oil’.
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04 – Difficulties, Troubles, And Dangers
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05 – A Gale, Narrow Escapes, Signs Of Winter, Set Fast
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06 The Whale – Fighting Bulls, Etc.
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06 – Preparations for Wintering, Remarkable Adventures with a Bear
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07 Tom’s Wisdom – Another Great Battle.
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07 – A Great Battle with the Walrus
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08 – The Cause of Ice-Bergs, Fox-Chase, A Bear
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09 – A Visit to the Eskimos, Wonderful Doings, A Mystery
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10 – The Tale of a Kite, A Great Bear-Fight
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11 – Christmas Time, Death, Return of Light and Hope, Disasters and Final Deliverance
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