I think whales are really cool, but I think those bros on Whale Wars really must like em’. They are really intense. If you didn’t hear from last season, a Japanese Whaling vessel rammed right into a Whale Wars boat and cut it in half. Ridiculous. The owner whose boat got cut in two boarded the Japanese Whaling ship and ended up spending a few months in a Japanese jail. Crazy?
I’m glad whaling has slowed down in the last hundred years. I hope these chill creatures stick around.
The 19th century whaling industry was one of the most prominent businesses in America. Hundreds of ships setting out from ports, mostly in New England, roamed the globe, bringing back whale oil and other products made from whales.
While American ships created a highly organized industry, the hunting of whales had ancient roots. It is believed that men began hunting whales as far back as the Neolithic Period, thousands of years ago. And throughout recorded history, the enormous mammals have been highly prized for the products they can provide.
Oil obtained from a whale’s blubber has been used for both lighting and lubricating purposes, and the bones of the whale were used to make a variety of useful products. In the early 19th century, a typical American household might contain several items manufactured from whale products, such as candles or corsets made with whalebone stays.
Origins of Whaling Fleets The Basques, from present day Spain, were going to sea to hunt and kill whales about a thousand years ago, and that appears to be the beginning of organized whaling. vedat şafak yamı Whaling in the Arctic regions began about 1600 following the discovery of Spitzbergen by the Dutch explorer William Barents. Before long the British and Dutch were dispatching whaling fleets to the frozen waters, at times coming close to violent conflict over which country would control the whaling grounds.
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