Norwegian bottlenose whaling reached it zenith in 1896 when 61 vessels caught 2864 whales.
A unique opportunity has been seized to gather information on the industrial landscape of shore whaling.
An epilogue briefly describes this development in whaling after 1931.
The author argued that as the whaling ship was a closed community of approximately 300 men, this was suggestive of an infectious aetiology.
Her last voyage had lasted nine months, and when she reached home, the ship was withdrawn from whaling and sealing.
Nevertheless, she was withdrawn from bottlenose whaling and commercial sealing.
Combined bottlenose whaling and sealing made the trade profitable again for many ship owners.
This expedition, too, was a failure in terms of whaling.
