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...resemble sled runners. They really are runners, to enable the vessel to skid against the under side of polar ice. From the blunt, concrete-reinforced bow projects a long tubular feeler like the solitary tusk of the male narwhal. If under the dark ice the ship strikes an object (whale, rock, island, berg) which its great sub- aqueous searchlights do not disclose, the projecting feeler will ram back against compressed air and so absorb most of the shock. Since the boat will cruise at 3 knots during the 3,000 mi. under ice course of its Arctic journey, the danger...
...Norwegian Pioneer Whaling Co. of Oslo received a large order last week. Authorities of Luna Park, Paris amusement grounds, instructed the whalers to catch 25 of the largest whales they could find, 100 of the fattest penguins. The 25 whales, embalmed, the 100 penguins, alive, will be placed with Luna Park's rollercoasters, merry-go-rounds, hot-dog stands as this season's prize exhibit. Cost per penguin: $125. Cost per whale...
...HAMLET?Or like a whale...
...Very like a whale...
Although founded to include flora & fauna of the whole U. S., the Boston Museum today is known as a specialist in New England animals, minerals, flowers. It contains a complete exhibit of old New Bedford and Nantucket whaling days, including whaling implements, ambergris, immense whale skeletons. Many famed people have been interested in adding to its collection. Naturalist-Author Henry David Thoreau (1817-62), who learned to love animals while driving his mother's cow to pasture, gave a warbler and some hawk eggs. Daniel Webster (1782-1852) was interested in the society because he liked hunting and fishing...