CHAPTER X 

 A LONG BLUE WHALE CHASE 



CAPTAIN FRED OLSEN had invited me to 

 spend a week with him aboard the Rckknsu 

 Maru, and for five days we had been at sea los- 

 ing both coal and patience chasing finbacks with but 

 one whale to our credit. The fifth evening, after a 



"Suddenly a cloud of white vapor shot into our very faces and 

 a great dripping body rounded out under the ship's bow. 

 The click of the camera was followed by the deafening roar 

 of the gun." 



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