Smith assembled a team of scientists and historians to determine the effect that 19th century American ... between the North and South Atlantic, in order to be whaling in better weather when ...

So went a popular toast when Nantucket, Massachusetts, was still the center of the whaling industry in the early 19th century. But times were changing: Whale populations in the North Atlantic had ...

In 1897, the former whaling ship ... In the 19th century, going to Antarctica was a perilous journey, pushing the limits of human endurance. But as the sea ice retreats, it becomes easier and ...

Commercial whaling (distinguished from ASW by its participants, purpose, scale, and techniques) began in the 11 th century with the Basque inhabitants of the French and Spanish coastlines of the Bay ...

“Moving panoramas weren’t just popular media, they were 19th century virtual reality.” The panoramas were prevalent at a time when the middle class was just beginning to travel for pleasure, she said.

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Norway has hunted whales in its own waters for centuries, but key technological advances, such as the exploding harpoon cannon, developed by its whalers in the 19 th century, enabled the expansion of ...

Note: Pleased be advised that some of the images of whaling in this video are graphic and may be disturbing for some viewers. This Genevieve Johnson speaking to you from Albany, in Western Australia.