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Map of Early European Whaling Region
For over a decade scientists have been investigating an early European whaling site...
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Whalers in the early 1800s
This illustration shows whalers of the early 1800s with their highly profitable...
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Inupiat Harpoon Box
During whale hunts, this carved whale box stored harpoon blades like the three...
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Basque Whalers
Close-up of a 17th century painting shows how whales were brought ashore for...
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Whale Products in Fashion
In the 19th century, "whalebone" was an important fashion tool—however, it wasn't...
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Whale Baleen from a Dead Whale
Whalers hunted right whales for their blubber, which could be turned into oil to...
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The “Right” Whale to Hunt
Yankee Whalers: An 1856 Currier & Ives print shows whalers harpooning a right...
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Charles Darwin
This 1890 painting of Charles Darwin is on display at the Turin Museum of Human...
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Ceramic Pottery Recovered from Early Whaling Community
Research at Hare Harbor in Quebec, Canada has revealed important clues about the...
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Excavation of an Inuit House
Excavations between 2002 through 2011 at Hare Harbor have shown that this site was...
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Ancient Maritime Archaic Indian Point
Smithsonian surveys along the lower north shore of Hare Harbor in Quebec, Canada...
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