main patch

Sealing, Nfld

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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Quotations

1933

_{THE MAIN PATCH} The largest communal birthplace on the Newfoundland Floe of the Harp Seal.

1953

The use of scouting aeroplanes . . . has helped the fleet to more easily locate the main herd commonly called the "Main Patch."