whaling
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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
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’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
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
It was their first whaling voyage in seventy years.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
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