Mackintosh whaling voyages, 1950s-1960s

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

  • Reference
    • GB 15 Dr Mackintosh / Whaling voyages, 1950s-1960s
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1956-1962
  • Name of Creator
  • Physical Description
    • 4 logbooks

Scope and Content

  • MS 1587/1/1;BJ Log, 1956 [Voyage of the Southern Opal from South Shields to Garipito and South Georgia, 10 August 1956 to 12 November 1956, also brief introduction and extract from diary]
  • MS 1587/1/2;BJ Log, 1956 [Voyage of Southern Opal from South Shields to Garipito and South Georgia, 10 August 1956 to 12 November 1956 Later continued in the Southern Venture, 24 March 1957]
  • MS 1587/2;BJ Log, 11 October 1957 to 22 April 1958 [South by Southern Garden]
  • MS 1587/3;BJ Log, 12 October 1961 to 19 May 1962 [South on Venture, ashore at Leith Harbour, home by Harvester]

Administrative / Biographical History

Dr Mackintosh sailed on several whaling voyages to the Southern ocean

Arrangement

Chronological

Related Material

The Institute holds several archival collections containing material on whaling in Antarctic waters