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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

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Published in 1882 by Yale Professor A.E. Verrill, this is the first scientific illustration of a giant squid.
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First Scientific Illustration of Giant Squid

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A map of the early European whaling site at Hare Harbor in Quebec, Canada
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Map of Early European Whaling Region

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The siphonophores are an order of marine animals in the phylum Cnidaria (the same phylum containing jellyfish). 
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Prints from Ernst Haeckel

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the covering of a skin boat is broken away revealing the frame
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An Umiaq Frame

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In the 19th century, many women wore tight corsets that were stiffened with stays made from baleen.
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Whale Products in Fashion

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One of several rowboats that were sunk in front of Lake Hotel at Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park in the early 20th century.
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Sunken Rowboat at Yellowstone National Park

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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How Raven Stole the Sun

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Illustration of The Little Mermaid, mid-19th century.
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The Little Mermaid

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Eugenie Clark collecting specimens on a dive.
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Eugenie Clark - The Shark Lady

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Carrie Bow Cay field station sits in the blue and turquoise waters of Belize.
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A History of the Carrie Bow Cay Station

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A map of the early European whaling site at Hare Harbor in Quebec, Canada
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Archaeologists Investigate an Early Whaling Community

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