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whaling

[hwey-ling, wey-] / ˈʰweɪ lɪŋ, ˈweɪ- /












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This includes for the animals living in these "chemosynthetic" communities, whose numbers had been thought to have been drastically reduced by human whaling, she added.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Reports of sperm whales using their heads to strike objects date back to open-boat whaling in the 19th century.

From Science Daily • Mar. 23, 2026

California’s gray whales have been considered an environmental success story since the passage of the 1972 Marine Mammal Protection Act and 1986’s global ban on commercial whaling.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

Shetlander Helen Balfour is the assistant curator at the South Georgia Museum in Grytviken, one of the island's former whaling stations.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025

The Norwegians at the whaling factory crowded Sørlle’s house, asking the manager over and over again to repeat the story Shackleton had told.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong




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