Editing Arthur Phillip (section)

===Whaling and merchant expeditions===
In April 1754 ''Fortune'' headed out to hunt whales near [[Svalbard]] in the [[Barents Sea]].{{sfn|Tink|2009|p=30}} As an apprentice Phillip's responsibilities included [[flensing|stripping blubber]] from whale carcasses and helping to pack it into barrels.{{sfn|Pembroke|2013|p=15}} Food was scarce, and ''Fortune''{{'}}s 30 crew members supplemented their diet with bird's eggs, [[scurvy grass]], and, where possible, [[reindeer]].{{sfn|Frost|1987|p=16}} The ship returned to England on 20&nbsp;July 1754. The whaling crew were paid and replaced with twelve sailors for a winter voyage to the [[Mediterranean]]. Phillip remained aboard as ''Fortune'' undertook an outward trading voyage to [[Barcelona]] and [[Livorno]] carrying salt and raisins, returning via [[Rotterdam]] with a cargo of grains and citrus.{{sfn|Frost|1987|p=22}} The ship returned to England in April 1755 and sailed immediately for Svalbard for that year's whale hunt. Phillip was still a member of the crew but abandoned his apprenticeship when the ship returned to England on 27&nbsp;July.{{sfn|Frost|1987|p=25}}