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A Tale of a Right Whale
Suspended at the center of the Sant Ocean Hall is a life-size model of a North...
Wed, 09/30/2009 - 15:58

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Ocean Optimism Video - Slow Down For Right Whales
Whaling, beginning in the 1600s, killed thousands of North Atlantic right whales...
Fri, 06/02/2017 - 07:25

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Inuit Soapstone Pot
For over a decade, Smithsonian Arctic Archaeologists have been investigating an...
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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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Archaeologists Investigate an Early Whaling Community
For over a decade, Smithsonian Arctic Archaeologist, William Fitzhugh, has been...
Mon, 09/12/2011 - 12:32

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History and Modern Science Collide for the 38th Voyage of the Charles W. Morgan
Traveling aboard the Charles W. Morgan, a 173-year-old whaling ship on its 38th...
July 2014

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Harpooning Whales
Whalers harpoon a right whale in this 1856 Currier & Ives print. ...
Archaeologists Study Early Whaling Community in Quebec, Canada
For over a decade, Smithsonian's Arctic Studies Center archaeologist, William...
September 2011

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Baleen: From Whales to People
For being so big, right whales eat very small food, which they catch using baleen....
Tue, 12/08/2009 - 10:51

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Bowhead Whale: One Species at a Time
In the episode of One Species at a Time, writer Karen Romano Young takes an...
Mon, 10/25/2010 - 18:18

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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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