The first Antarctic whaling season of Admiralen (1905-1906): the diary of Alexander Lange

摘要

The first factory ship of the so-called modern era of Antarctic whaling was Admiralen, arriving together with two smaller catcher boats in the South Shetland Islands in January 1906, after a period of whaling in the Falkland Islands. The expedition leader was Alexander Lange, a Norwegian whaler with a long experience from whaling in northern Norway and Spitsbergen. He kept a diary for a considerable period and this covered several whaling voyages. The one dealing with the pioneer Antarctic season of 1905-1906 has been translated from Norwegian into English and is presented here with an introduction that places the expedition into its wider context.