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Fishery - Sealing Page 3

Seals stated to be whitecoats taken in the gulf 5 February 1927. Pelts and fat weighed over 50 lb each. One sculped, the other round, but a bit flattened out of the original shape. Larger Version

Two seals on ice Larger Version

Sealing captains with H.D. Reid Back row: James Blandford, Job Kean, A. Barbour, Isaac Mercer, George Barbour. Front row: Charles Dawe, George Hearn, A. Kean, H.D. Reid, Arthur Jackman, Sam Blandford Larger Version

Men waiting for a berth on a sealing voyage Larger Version

Leaving for the Icefields in the early days of the steam seal fishery - from an old photograph Larger Version

Dr. Rismuller's process of extracting seal oil Larger Version

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