The island is uninhabited, but has been used by whalers to
flense their catches to the current day, although this practice is now
Kaynak: Petite Nevis(Corral, Chile), which was one of the first floating factories to
flense whales at sea. It was wrecked at nearby Port Jebsen during a
Kaynak: Tioga Hillto death and either towed to the stern of the ship or to the shore at low tide, where men with long knives would
flense (cut up) the blubber.
Kaynak: History of whalingAt the site were numerous examples of cuts where the flesh had been
flense d from the bones, which indicates that H. antecessor may have
Kaynak: Homo antecessor20th century, the Sabellum Trading Company established a post at Kivitoo to service the whalers who would anchor there to
flense carcasses.
Kaynak: Kivitoo