Sealers and Whalers arrival in Aotearoa.
We did his for Inquiry. We lent about sealers and whalers when they arrived in New Zealand. and I put in the link to where I got information.
Why did whalers and sealers come To NZ? This European explosion first impacted on New Zealand in the closing decade of the 18th century when sealers and whalers began to arrive in their hundreds seeking to exploit local resources. | When did whalers come to NZ? They came to NZ in the 1820s. | When did sealers arrive in NZ? The sealers came to NZ in 1791 to 1792 and continue to 1946 |
What is sealing and whaling? Whaling happened because of the skull’ oil and bones. Sealing happened in 1830 and the NZ seal was on words of extinction but it was outlewd in 1926. | How did whalers kill whales? the whalers fired a harpoon into the whale. The harpoon was attached to a long rope, and the whale would drag the vessel until it became exhausted. | How did sealers kill seals? The work was dangerous. The men would hunt at night, and many slipped on the rocks and drowned. Using clubs, they would quickly kill all the seals in a group. Then they would take off the skins and hang them out to dry. |
What did ‘hunters’ gain from seals and whales?The hunt for Whales and seals was the reason for the initial exploration of Antarctica. Reports of abundant stocks drew the adventurous from the early 1800's onwards. Before long there were major crashes in the populations of some wildlife. The Antarctic fur seal for example was almost totally wiped out at many locations by 1830 leading to a decline in the sealing industry although it continued on a smaller scale well into the 1900's. Link | Which areas did whalers and sealers congregate? The New Zealand sealing region is defined here as the New Zealand mainland and the Antipodes, Auckland, Bounty, Campbell, Chatham, Macquarie and Snares Islands |
From 1797 American whalers arrived, and during the 1830s the French whaling ships turned up in significant numbers. A shore station was established in Dusky Sound for sealing. Seals were hunted, and their skins taken to make hats which were fashionable in Europe and America.
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