Yol xxYr - The Arctic Circle

THE ARCf,IC CIRCUIAR VOL. )o(/I No. 2 June, 1978
TYuelove Inlet: N. Devon Islard 73037,50" 94034'
Itre HuIl utraler TRUEO\ZE, a real veteran of Davis Strait,
sucessfully ccnpletrd, 72 arctic vqy'ages, and reqcrded a catctr
of 5@ whales a.rd 760 sea1s. Ttre TRUE.C /E was built in
Philadelphia in 1764 ard finished her days as a trader, before
beirg broken r4>, arourd 1888.
Mams Islard:
Adailrs Sourd:
Arctic Bay:
Cape Adans:
Addns Islard:
Naqg Board Inlet
.ttfrniralty Inlet
Rq7a1 Ceographical
SocieQr Islards
N.E. Baffin Islard
73043'30"
72%2'
73qor,
gro20'
94045'
g5qo7,
Captain William Adams Sr. took over the cqnnard of the Durdee
t*ralirg ship ARCTIC in 1868, namirq Arctic Bay after tris ship
in 1872. Dring his 20 years of ccrnmard AdanLS vihaled in Davis
Strait ard sailed into Naqr Board Inlet, A&niralQz Inlet ard
Prine Regent Sor:nd; he was one of t}te npst popular ard sucessful
of tlre latter day whalers r:ntil his deatfi in I89O.
6go48'
7Lo27'
- 1@qo8'
73005'
After Captain William Adams Jr. vr?ro was one of the last of ttle
Dundee whaling captains, sailirg to Davis Strait ard into Jores
Sourd at the turn of ttre centurlz. By the onset of l{orld War f
Greenlard lrltialirg was finished ard Captain Adams had beccrne a
oastirgr naster. Cape Adans was naned kry Roald Arnurdsen, I9O5,
as Mans had deposited stores for tr-im along his route. Adans
Islard wasi so naned as Adans anchored rearby in tlre DIAI\B in 1903.
Rocknoser fiord: Hcne Bay, Baffin
Island
58053' 68015'
At the end of the vitnlir€r season "roeJ< nosing" lras a last resort
to increase the catch. In tne Cape Hotrnr - Cape Searle area,
wtrile ttre sLrip Iay at anchor ttre snall boats \^ould be prcnrisioned
to search fe a cor4>Ie of days. Often exposed to fierce autunn
blizzards, tlre boats were sent instrore along the fionds on difficult
and dargeror:s searches for freenland whales (on in later years
bottlenee and vhite wtrales) .
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