Modern sperm whale hunting

Description:Yet, every once in a while a rare piece will still wash ashore somewhere. The Norwegians first exploited their own coastal waters. In the most famous example, on November 20, a huge bull sperm whale purportedly ft in length rammed the ft Nantucket whaler Essex twice, staving in the hull under the waterline and forcing the crew to abandon ship. Often, a ship was left with only a shipkeeper aboard until it was overhauled in spring for departure directly to the Arctic. As the whale pulled the boat, the line often played out so fast that it smoked from the friction. In the monthly analysis we verified different peaks of capture for females and males.

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