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Greenland: above, indigenous fish including seals; centre, three different whales; below, whale fisher in their attire. Coloured engraving.

Fishermen in boats have been attacking a whale but one boat is upset and a man is falling out. Coloured aquatint by E. Duncan after W.J. Huggins.

Whaling: sailors arriving at Greenland to kill whales, their ships being out at sea. Aquatint by R. Dodd, 1789.

Greenland: fishermen spearing whales from the safety of their boats; right, whale fisher in their attire. Coloured engraving.

'Dangerous work' : diary of an Arctic adventure / Arthur Conan Doyle ; edited by Jon Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower.

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Whaling: sailors arriving at Greenland to kill whales, their ships being out at sea. Aquatint by R. Dodd, 1789.

'Dangerous work' : diary of an Arctic adventure / Arthur Conan Doyle ; edited by Jon Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower.

Greenland: fishermen spearing whales from the safety of their boats; right, whale fisher in their attire. Coloured engraving.

Fishermen in boats have been attacking a whale but one boat is upset and a man is falling out. Coloured aquatint by E. Duncan after W.J. Huggins.

Greenland: above, indigenous fish including seals; centre, three different whales; below, whale fisher in their attire. Coloured engraving.