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Diary of the 1906-1907 Voyage of HNMS Cathrine of Tonsberg

Anders Harboe-Ree Cathrine Harboe-Ree Eva Harboe-Ree Anna Ree Cutler

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English
01 September 2023
In August 1906 a small Norwegian sealing vessel sailed out of the Oslofjord bound for remote subantarctic islands in the Southern Ocean. The captain and part-owner was 24-year-old Anders Harboe-Ree. This voyage was his first as master of a ship. Also on board was the expedition leader, 61-year-old Norwegian Antarctic explorer Henrik Johan Bull. After a three-month journey and just two weeks' seal hunting, the ship, Cathrine, was wrecked on the Crozet Islands. This English translation of Harboe-Ree's diary provides details of the relaxed and amicable three-month journey south, seal hunting on the Crozet Islands, the dramatic shipwreck on a reef that occurred during a violent storm and the difficult life the castaways faced in order to survive on bleak Possession Island. Also described are the efforts made to reinforce a whaling boat for Harboe-Ree and two crew members to mount a rescue bid by attempting to sail the improvised vessel 7,300 kilometres to Australia, across the wild Southern Ocean.

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Edited and translated by:   , ,
Country of Publication:   Australia
Dimensions:   Height: 275mm,  Width: 171mm,  Spine: 9mm
Weight:   300g
ISBN:   9781922952486
ISBN 10:   1922952486
Publication Date:  
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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