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Cruising for Seal on the Newfoundland Coast
An account from the Baltimore American surveys a sealing cruise near Notre Dame Bay and the Straits of Belle Isle. It details the hunt's organization, the masthead observer known as the barrel man, crew divisions, tactics to avoid alerting rivals, and the brutal process of capturing and processing seals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Straits of
Belle Isle
Narrows
Notre Dame Bay
Tve
Falls
Vacon