AMERICAN WHALERS IN THE WESTERN ARCTIC
The story of Yankee whaling ships and sailors in their incursion into the most northern reaches of the Pacific is told in a series of 12 aquarelles chronicling the drama of that dangerous occupation, from the sailing period into the age of steam. Produced for portfolio inclusion with the volume American Whalers in the Western Arctic - the final epoch of the great American sailing whaling fleet, all of the pictures are within 15" x 19" format. (Published in 1983 by Edward J. Lefkowicz, Inc. with text by polar explorer and ethnologist John R. Bockstoce; see BOOKS.)
The bark SUPERIOR enters Berinq Strait, July 23, 1848
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Bark CALIFORNIA and boats lancinq a spent bowhead
Bark EUGENIA and JULIAN abandoned in the disaster of 1871
The bark JIREH SWIFT pursued by the confederate ship SHENANDOAH
Bark HELEN MAR clearing Prince of Wales Shoal,
October 29, 1879
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