AN EXCITING EXPERIENCE IN ALASKA 



a tiring one and it was too dark to take pictures, I 

 picked up my camera and climbed down the narrow 

 companionway into the Captain's cabin. After re- 

 loading the plate holders I lay down on the bunk lis- 

 tening to the rattling of chains and the tramp of feet 

 on the deck above as the dead whale, with the other 



Bringing in a humpback at the end of the day's hunt. The 

 whale's flukes weigh more than a ton. 



which had been picked up, was made fast to the bow 

 of the vessel. 



The boat had started on the thirty-mile tow to the 

 station and, gradually becoming accustomed to the 

 rolling, I was lulled to sleep by the steady "chug, chug, 

 chug" of the engines and the splashing of the water 

 against the side. 



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