ROSS SEA WHALE FISHING
BRITISH COMPANY BEING FORMED (Australian Press Association.) London, November 22. A British company is being formed with £350,000 capital for whale fishing in the Ross Sea. The company is negotiating to buy the White Star liner Runic for conversion into a floating factory. The oil will be brought to Europe for margarine, soap, and lubricating oil. The company will be the third British enterprise operating in the Antarctic. Norwegians will control the technical processes, with the assistance of British ex-naval men.
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 52, 24 November 1928, Page 8
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85ROSS SEA WHALE FISHING Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 52, 24 November 1928, Page 8
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