Orca (Steam bark)
Biographical notes:
Whaling vessel, out of San Francisco, Calif., mastered by Albert C. Sherman, on voyage from 30 Mar.-22 Sept. 1897 (crushed in ice and lost), to the Herschel Island, Anadyr Sea, Northwest Coast, and Arctic Ocean whaling grounds; owner-agent: Edwin L. Griffith; built at Bath, Me., 1882.
From the description of Logbook of the steam bark Orca, 1897 Mar. 30-Sept. 18. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 173282902
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Subjects:
- Bowhead whale
- Indigenous peoples
- Seafaring life
- Voyages and travels
- Walrus
- Whalers (Persons)
- Whales
- Whaling
- Whaling masters
Occupations:
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Places:
- California--San Francisco (as recorded)
- Arctic regions (as recorded)
- Unalaska (Alaska) (as recorded)
- Wainwright Inlet (Alaska) (as recorded)
- Saint Lawrence Island (Alaska) (as recorded)
- Herschel Island (Yukon) (as recorded)
- Port Clarence (Alaska) (as recorded)
- Barrow, Point (Alaska) (as recorded)
- Arctic Ocean (as recorded)
- North Pacific (as recorded)
- Ukivok (Alaska) (as recorded)
