whaling

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• SOURCE: WBUR
  11/29/2021
  

  What Can 19th Century Whaling Diaries Tell Us About Climate Change?

  Whaling ships' logbooks contain detailed navigational notes and descriptions of wind and weather, which can help construct a picture of climate patterns on distant stretches of ocean. 

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  11/3/2021
  

  We Are Still Feeling the Ecological Impact of Whaling

  In one century, whalers killed at least 2 million baleen whales, which together weighed twice as much as all the wild mammals on Earth today. New research suggests this has impacted the ecology of the oceans significantly.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  8/30/2021
  

  Uncovering and Protecting the Black History of Nantucket

  by Tiya Miles

  "Although the Black community of New Guinea has passed into history, its mark on the landscape remains, a reminder that Nantucket was once a place of working-class ingenuity and Black daring."

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• 12-21-14
  

  The Whaling Industry Is Dead and Gone. But It's Not Forgotten.

  by Greg Bailey

  Is there a lesson in that? 

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• 10-5-14
  

  Why Americans No Longer Hunt Whales—And the Japanese Still Do

  by Frank Zelko

  Whaling employs a tiny number of people, has no strong support among the Japanese population, and only survives as a result of heavy government subsidies.

• SOURCE: NYT
  7-22-13
  

  Museum Relaunches Wooden Whaler Built in 1841

  MYSTIC, Conn. — A national historic landmark slowly slid into the water on Sunday, to cannon fire and the cheers of thousands of spectators on land and in boats.After nearly five years, about $7 million and a painstaking restoration by more than 60 people, the Charles W. Morgan, believed to be the last surviving wooden whaling vessel in the world, was again afloat — 172 years after its construction.“Once it’s floating, it’s alive again,” said Quentin Snediker, the director of the shipyard at the Mystic Seaport museum, who was in charge of the restoration....