| Description | Hardbacked handwritten journal. Description of life on whaling ships and at whaling stations. Ships mentioned include Jan Mayen, Walker, Esquimaux, Northumbria, Polar Star and Active. Also incudes at the back of book a record of whale and seal catches by Peterhead ships between 1790 and 1912, a list of Inuit words, a list of Scottish words connected to the sea and notes on native customs. Written between 1910 and 1930. |