North Star (Steam bark)
Biographical notes:
Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by James S. Carter and then L.C. Owen, on voyage from 2 Aug. 1881-8 July 1882 (shipwrecked and abandoned at Cape Smythe, Alaska), to the Western, Coast of Brazil, Falkland Island, Coast of Chile, Hawaiian Island, Arctic, and Anadyr Sea whaling grounds; owner-agent: William Lewis; built at Bath, Me., 1881.
From the description of Logbook, 1881 May 2-1882 July 16. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70969952
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Subjects:
- Ice
- Indigenous peoples
- Marine accidents
- Mutiny
- Punishment
- Rescue
- Seafaring life
- Shipwrecks
- Voyages and travels
- Walrus
- Whale bone
- Whale oil
- Whalers (Persons)
- Whalers (Persons)
- Whales
- Whaling
- Whaling masters
Occupations:
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Places:
- Juan Fernández Islands (as recorded)
- Arctic regions (as recorded)
- Massachusetts--New Bedford (as recorded)
- Arctic Ocean (as recorded)
- Atlantic Ocean (as recorded)
- Honolulu (Hawaii) (as recorded)
- Molokai (Hawaii) (as recorded)
- Smyth, Cape (Alaska) (as recorded)
- South Pacific Ocean (as recorded)
