[ILLUSTRATIONS]

"Cutting Out" a Whale[Frontispiece]
FACING PAGE
In Bowhead Waters[16]
When Whaling is an Easy Job[40]
Waiting for the Whale to Breach[72]
Unalaska[112]
Waiting for the Floes to Open[120]
"Trying Out"[144]
Callers From Asia[152]
Peter's Sweetheart[160]
Eskimos Summer Hut at St. Lawrence Bay[168]
At the Gateway to the Arctic[176]
Hoisting the Blubber Aboard[184]
Our Guests Coming Aboard in St. Lawrence Bay[192]
The Lip of a Bowhead Whale[208]
A Close Call Off Herald Island[216]
Skin Boat of the Siberian Eskimos[240]

[A YEAR WITH A WHALER]

A Year With A Whaler