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CAPT. HAROLD KEITH SALVESEN'S lecture on modern whaling in the antarctic, given before the Royal Society of Arts on February 15, is now printed in the Journal of that Society, vol. 81, 1933. Nobody is ...

It is 50 years since the Edinburgh-based company Christian Salvesen ceased whaling operations, with the sale of its last two vessels. It marked the end of a controversial trade which had once been a ...

One of the most venerable names in the history books of corporate Scotland looked set to disappear after Christian Salvesen said it was being stalked by potential bidders. The logistics business that ...

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NEW BEDFORD -- Experts from around the world will gather at the New Bedford Whaling Museum's Kendall Institute this weekend to discuss issues relating to whaling. "The intention is to provide an ...

Gibbie Fraser was a teenager when he decided the best way to afford a motorbike like his friends on the west side of Shetland was to join the crew of a whaling vessel. Months later, at the age of 16, ...