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The Discovery Committee's vessel, the R.R.S. William Scoresby, completed in May this year her fourth commission?a short one of seven months devoted entirely to the marking of whales on the whaling grounds in the Antarctic seas off Queen Mary Land, off Enderby Land and to the south of Bouvet Island. The ship sailed from London on October 16, 1934, and made a direct passage to Simonstown, where final preparations for the work in hand were completed. The ship's personnel, under the executive command of Lieut.-Comdr. C. R. U. Boothby, R.N.R., included an experienced Norwegian whale gunner, Capt. J. Endresen, who had charge of the manoeuvring of the vessel whilst hunting and marking whales. The pack ice was encountered on December 3 when seven days out from Cape Town. Whales had been found on December 1 and marking began on that date.
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Rayner, G. THE R.R.S. William Scoresby, 1934–35. Nature 136, 630–631 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136630a0
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