Whaling in Scotland

The first evidence for whaling in Scotland is from Bronze Age settlements where whalebones were used for constructing and decorating dwelling places.

A station at Bun Abhainn Eadarra near Tarbert in the Outer Hebrides was founded by the Norwegian Karl Herlofsen in 1904.

Although whaling in now considered to be a controversial trade, for many centuries it was a vital element of the Scottish economy.

Captain Robertson discovered and charted Active Sound and the Firth of Tay.

The fleet encountered Carl Anton Larsen of the Jason, near Joinville Island, on 24 December 1892.

Dundee Antarctic Whaling Expedition, 1892, by William Gordon Burn Murdoch .
John Struthers (at left, in top hat) with the Tay Whale at John Woods' yard, Dundee , 1884, photographed by George Washington Wilson .
Graving dock, North Harbour at Peterhead . The fine, granite -built, graving dock ( dry dock ) was built in 1855 to meet the needs of the large Greenland whaling ships. Today it is used for the repair of fishing vessels.
Huron Glacier and McFarlane Strait on Livingston Island, South Shetlands
Scotia Sea
Map of the Falkland Islands