"By this date, quite two-thirds of the whalers went to Davis Straits where the season was a close one. The Greenland fleet found the ice barrier hard to get through, and a few ships reached the fishing ground before May 26. A good run of whales was met with in Lats. 78° and 79°, but, as in past years, many of the ships took toll of undersized fish and even suckling calves" (p. 188)
from The Arctic Whalers by Basil Lubbock
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