An uninhabited island, a military base and a ‘desolate’ former whaling station. Trump’s trade war includes unlikely targets
The sweeping tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump on Wednesday target not only economic superpowers but also ...
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The History of Whaling in America
He will remain at sea for more than three years. During a "gam" with the whaling vessel Lima in the South Pacific, Melville meets William Henry Chase, son of Owen Chase, who presents him with a ...
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This Real-Life Whaling Disaster Inspired ‘Moby-Dick’
They set sail again for the South American coast and caught their first sperm whale in the waters near Brazil. This region was largely fished out, so they headed to the Pacific in search of better ...
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The Pacific Whaling Business.
The Honolulu Polynesian of Dec. 6, gives a complete report of last year's whaling operations so far was it could be ascertained at that great whaleman's head-quarters. View Full Article in ...
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South Georgia’s whaling history to the prelude of the Falklands conflict (*)
The Salvensen’s family Leith Harbour when the boom in whaling On September 13th 1909, 100 years ago, the “SS Starlight” arrived at South Georgia with men and materials to erect a shore ...
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Japanese whaling industry on the brink of collapse: less demand, less subsidies for whale meat
Japan harpooned hundreds of whales across the Pacific every year on the pretext of studying their migration routes and to obtain data on whale numbers, their health and breeding patterns.
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Oil, Spermaceti, Ambergris, and Teeth: Products of the Nineteenth-Century Pacific Sperm-Whaling Industry
This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. Nancy Shoemaker considers the four main products harvested in the nineteenth-century Pacific sperm whale trade: oil, spermaceti, ambergris ...