Whalers of the Midnight Sun facts for kids
| Author | Alan J. Villiers |
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| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Genre | children's fiction |
| Publisher | Geoffrey Bles, London |
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Publication date
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1934 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 285pp |
| Preceded by | The Sea in Ships |
| Followed by | Cruise of the Conrad |
Whalers of the Midnight Sun (1934) is an adventure novel for children by Australian author Alan J. Villiers, and illustrated by Charles Pont. It won the Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers in 1950 after it had been published in Australia for the first time by Angus and Robertson.
Plot outline
The novel follows the adventures of a fleet of seven ships in a Norwegian whaling expedition near the South Pole. The main characters of the book are a group of young boys who sign on for the expedition in Hobart, Tasmania.
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