Since the old days, some species of whales have almost fully recovered. Some are still imperiled and some species will soon ...

Given our local history, it's not hard to imagine one of the old whaling ships driving hard through the South Pacific. Since we tend to think of sailing as a summertime thing, maybe it would be ...

Old whaling ship logbooks in a local library may offer ... creatures were often pulled out to sea on what's known as a Nantucket sleigh ride. There are also reports of tragedies in the treacherous ...

It tells the harrowing story of the Essex, a Nantucket whaling ship whose catastrophic voyage actually inspired Herman Melville's masterpiece, Moby-Dick. The film explores the perilous whaling ...

On Nov. 20, 1820, a whaling ship from Nantucket, Mass., was attacked by a large sperm whale in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. According to the Nantucket Historical Association, the boat was ...

In the Heart of the Sea isn’t just an epic tale of man versus nature, it’s also a dramatic recounting of a real attack. Though some moments were dramatized, Howard's film remained faithful to ...

Converted from a pelagic trawl boat, the factory ship first led a whaling expedition that lasted from 1991 to 1992. It was called a “moving processing factory” because the whales caught by ...

54 x 80 cm. (21.3 x 31.5 in.) ...