Rekindling Memories of Whales and the Whaling Factory Ships at the Cape

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Whalers wintering in Cape Town in 1938. Until whaling was banned in the early 1960s, whaling fleets with scores of whalermen aboard and all requiring immigration clearance, berthed at No 2 Jetty. How they would have enjoyed the present Waterfront when coming ashore with their pay and catch bonuses! Photo: B. Ingpen

There was an era when whales were not celebrated but sacrificed. The following article tells of when whaling was a major international operation focusing mainly on the whaling grounds of the Southern Ocean….

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