"A first person narrative...a backdrop of danger-filled escapes...learned how to survive...under conditions of extreme duress." -American Mythmaker: Walter Noble Burns (2015)"Wallowed through hurricanes, traded with the natives, bumped the Arctic ice floes, and caught their share of bowheads...a story of personal adventure." -Outing; Sport, Adventure, Travel (1914)"Love of adventure and ignorance of the hardships...the whale becomes a dangerous adversary."...