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January 30, 1954

The New Yorker cover for January 30, 1954

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a reporter at large

AND THERE WAS WHALE. Pull Up the Plan!

R. B. Robertson

REPORTER AT LARGE about a whaling expedition to the Southern Ocean. Dr. Robertson, senior medical officer of the whaling factory ship, is trying to analyze…