Dangerous work

By Arthur Conan Doyle

Subjects: Physicians, Doyle, arthur conan, sir, 1859-1930, Naval Medicine, Expeditions, Authors, biography, Whaling, Scottish Authors, Arctic regions, description and travel, Ship physicians, Diaries, New York Times reviewed, Hope (Ship : 1873), Description and travel, Whaling ships, History, History, 19th Century, Travel

Description: Conan Doyle's diary and log of his time served as a surgeon on a whaling ship in 1880. Annotated, and includes several incidental pieces derived from his experience, including the Sherlock Holmes story *The Adventure of the Black Peter*.