Allan, whaling and sealing voyage, 1893

This material is held atScott Polar Research Institute Archives, University of Cambridge

  • Reference
    • GB 15 Dr James Allan / Whaling and sealing voyage, 1893
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1893
  • Name of Creator
  • Physical Description
    • Record, account, notes, song

Scope and Content

  • ms 1087/1-3;bj records of a sealing and whaling voyage, 1893 [diary, 2 february to 12 november 1893 in title render="italic">Aurora at the Grand Banks and Davis Strait, Account tracing the Bjorling and Kallstenius expeditions, loss of Eagle, log extracts and Eskimo vocabulary] 3 volumes, holograph
  • MS 1098;MJ Account, 1893 [In Aurora] microfilm
  • MS 1147/1;BJ Deck notes, 1893 [In Aurora] 1 volume, holograph
  • MS 1147/2;D Song, 1893 [The Arctic day, written during voyage] holograph

Administrative / Biographical History

The 1893 whaling an sealing voyage was one of many which sailed form Scotland during the nineteenth century

Arrangement

Chronological

Geographical Names

Davis Strait