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Skimming through the first chaptor of your book...
So there were never 300 whaleships in the Sea of Okhotsk. The most I've come across is about 195 in 1854. Also, why do you think Eagle Point is on Feklistova island? It isn't. It forms the northwest point of Tugur Bay. ST1849 (talk) 02:36, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Look at the map on page 249 of Observations of western gray whales by ship-based whalers in the 19th century (Reeves, Smith, and Josephson, 2008). Note though that it was probably made by Homan sometime between 1858 and 1860 while he was captain of the Montezuma (not in 1852 aboard the Cossack, which didn't go to the Okhotsk that year). This clearly shows Ptichy was "Stinker Island". "Eagle Point" was west of Ptichy. I'm guessing you thought Sakharnaya Golova was Stinker Island? The whalers called that "Sugar Loaf Island". ST1849 (talk) 16:52, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
 * What are your references for the following quotes: "Some ships caught fire from their tryworks while boiling oil..." and "And some ships just vanished and were never seen again"? These were both from a passage about how whaleships were wrecked in the Sea of Okhotsk. ST1849 (talk) 04:20, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
 * "There were no Russian whalers sailing in Russian waters." You should reah Otto Lindholm's memoirs (2008). The Russians sent whaleships to the Okhotsk from the 1850s to the 1880s. ST1849 (talk) 04:45, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
 * "... never a word was put down about ephemera like glowing comets hanging suspended over the horizon like a ball of light dangling from a string." I've found several that mention comets, including: Lousia (September 12, 1858), Sea Breeze (July 4, 1874), Montezuma (September 12 & 14, 1858), and Antelope (September 10-30, 1858). ST1849 (talk) 15:57, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
 * "The Okhotsk Sea was, 18 years after the first American whalers fished there, very familiar waters to some of the most experienced captains who sailed in the fleet of 1858..." The first American whaleship entered the Okhotsk in 1845. What source claimed they were there prior to that? ST1849 (talk) 17:11, 8 October 2020 (UTC)