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WHALING IN THE SOUTH POLAR SEAS

Rights Information
Year
1925
Reference
F885
Media type
Moving image
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Rights Information
Year
1925
Reference
F885
Media type
Moving image
Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Actuality
Duration
0:15:17
Production company
SOUTHERN WHALING AND SEALING CO
Credits
Producer: Southern Whaling
Producer: Sealing Co Ltd
Producer: Messrs Lever Brothers Ltd

A factory ship, “Southern Queen” , processes a whale carcass in the Antarctic. Whale blubber is cut up and reduced to oil. Mechanised operations on board are designed to deal with massive parts of the whale like jaw bones. Seals and birds of the Antarctic are shown. Fresh water is collected from ice blocks. The fleet returns to South Georgia, then the oil is taken to a refining company in Norway.