The humpback's hump

From David Cardno's whaling diary 1866-1919.

1893
My next ship was the Windward of Peterhead commanded by Captain D. Gray.

Saturday 23rd May
Well we searched all over Greenland went to every place that he had got whales on his previous voyages but all to no purpose. The same cry, nothing to be seen.

Today, we spent 6 hours out in the Bay of Fundy in search of whales. We had more luck than Captain Gray and his crew, but only just. We saw 1 Minke whale, 1 enormous fin whale, and 1 humpback whale. This is the humpback. Just before The photograph was taken the humpback had surfaced and forcefully exhaled in the way that whales do. We were immediately enveloped in a cloud of noxious fishy breath and, a few seconds later by a heavy rain of whale snot.

We are going again tomorrow!