A Voyage to Spitzbergen
Containing an Account of That Country, of the Zoology of the North; Of the Shetland Islands; And of the Whale Fishery (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A Voyage to Spitzbergen: Containing an Account of That Country, of the Zoology of the North; Of the Shetland Islands; And of the Whale Fishery<br><br>In the year 1806, being at the University of Edinburgh, an advertisement was put on the College Gate, by Messrs. P.and C. Wood, merchants, Leith, intimating that a surgeon was wanted for the ship Resolution of Whitby, Yorkshire, engaged in the North Sea whale-fishery.<br><br>Impelled by curiosity, and by a still more powerful motive, to visit the snow-clad coast of Spitzbergen, I applied; and was, after due examination, admitted surgeon for the voyage.<br><br>Nothing particular occurred on my journey from this to Whitby, where I arrived on Sunday the 16th of March, and was, in every respect, comfortably accommodated at the house of the Captain.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.