The Last Oil: The Rise and Fall of Industrial Whaling

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It tells how whaling in Antarctica became a huge global industry, how factory ships and whaling stations worked, and the role that Argentina, the South Atlantic islands and companies like Unilever played, which was one of the biggest buyers of whale oil. It's a book of economic, maritime and business history filled with characters, technology, money, and adventures in some of the most remote places on earth.