whaling

     

Whaling is the hunting of whales an dates back to at least 6,000 BC. Whaling and other threats have led to at least five of the 13 great whales being listed as endangered. Commercial whaling is subject to a moratorium by the International Whaling Commission (IWC), although the moratorium is hotly contested.

Trivia about whaling

  • Around 1850 it used a fleet of over 700 ships; by 1930 this U.S. industry was practically defunct
  • Vocation of Melville's Captain Ahab & crew
  • The Nootka were expert at this activity of which New Bedford became the world's center
  • (Tom Ritchie presents the clue from Antarctica.) Lifeless boats and rusted tanks that once held the precious oil are relics of Deception Island's past: from 1906 to 1931, it was a processing center for this brutal trade

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