whaling
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Much of what scientists know about whale behavior comes from studying populations that had already been heavily impacted by whaling.
From Science Daily • Mar. 5, 2026
The Browns had a hand in everything from ironmaking and rum distilling to whaling and the slave trade.
From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026
California shut down the nation’s last whaling station in 1971.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026
Shackleton famously reached the whaling station of Stromness on South Georgia in 1916 after spending 18 months stranded on Antarctica with his crew.
From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025
Leo had a terrifying image of his Aunt Rosa and some old Chinese woman in wrestlers’ outfits, whaling on each other with spiked clubs.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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