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a map showing the known sightings of True's beaked whale and Ramari's beaked whale
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Beaked Whale Range

 Once considered the same species, the beaked whale named True's beaked whale is now...
a seven inch fragment of an Inuit soapstone pot recovered at Hare Harbor in Quebec, Canada
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Inuit Soapstone Pot

For over a decade, Smithsonian Arctic Archaeologists have been investigating an...
During whale hunts, this carved whale box stored harpoon blades like the three shown beside it.
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Inupiat Harpoon Box

 During whale hunts, this carved whale box stored harpoon blades like the three...
Close-up of a 17th century painting shows how whales were brought ashore for processing and their blubber rendered into marketable oil.
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Basque Whalers

 Close-up of a 17th century painting shows how whales were brought ashore for...