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Description: | This is the head of a harpoon used for whaling in the 1800s. It comes from a whaling station in South Georgia in the Antarctic. The harpoon head was attached to a long pole and hurled at the whale from a small boat. This was dangerous for the crew as the whale would pull the boat with great speed until it tired and could be killed. British whalers made trips to South Georgia from the early 1800s, and in 1916 a whaling factory was established there. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | beyond the North East other cultures | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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