NOTES ON THE ARCTIC WHALING VOYAGE 
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By Tuomas SourHweEtt, F.Z.S. 
Bap as the voyage of 1906 proved to be, when only seven 
Whales were killed, that of 1907 was far more disastrous, the 
chief causes of which were severe weather and unfavourable ice 
conditions. I am informed that in Davis Strait on many 
occasions Whales were seen, sometimes quite near the vessels, 
but it was impossible to lower the boats for their capture. The 
result is that in all only three Whales were captured, one of 
which, little better than a sucker, was procured in Davis Strait, 
the other two at the Greenland fishery. 
It is curious that during the past two seasons the greatest 
success (small, indeed) has been obtained in the Greenland Seas, 
where these Whales were believed to be practically extinct, so 
much so that no vessels were despatched there for several 
years, whereas in the Davis Straits only three Whales have 
been killed in the past two seasons against six in Greenland ; 
but in both regions more Whales were seen than captured, 
particularly in Davis Strait, where they are reported, especially 
late in the season, to have been very restless, and always on the 
move, a fact which the captains found it difficult to understand ; 
so far as could be seen no Grampuses, their greatest enemies 
next to man, were about to produce the disturbance. The 
weather is said to have been atrocious in the Straits during the 
whole season, and other conditions, the worst ever remembered. 
Seven vessels left Dundee, as last year—the ‘Active’ for 
Hudson Strait, whence she returned with a rather miscellaneous 
cargo collected at the winter station there, consisting of 32 
White Whales, 874 Walruses, 185 Seals, 65 Bears, 650 Fox- 
skins, and 22 tuns of oil, but no Whales. 
The ‘ Scotia’ first visited Greenland, where she captured 
