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4 picks · 1954

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AND THERE WAS WHALE. Pull Up the Plan!
a reporter at large ·

REPORTER AT LARGE about a whaling expedition to the Southern Ocean. Dr. Robertson, senior medical officer of the whaling factory ship, is trying to analyze…

AND THERE WAS WHALE. A Matter of Proportion.
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REPORTER AT LARGE about life aboard a whaling factory. According to the regulations of the Int. Whaling Commission, which are enforced by a board that sits…

AND THERE WAS WHALE
a reporter at large ·

REPORTER AT LARGE. Author, senior medical officer of whaling expedition, describes South Georgia Island, the only permanently inhabited place within the …

A FACTORY SAILS SOUTH AND THERE WAS WHALE
a reporter at large ·

REPORTER AT LARGE about a whaling expedition to the Southern Ocean. Author, a senior medical officer to the expedition, tells about the first leg of the …