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Shackleton purchased a wooden Norwegian whaler, Foca I, which his wife Emily renamed Quest.
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 13 June 2024
But by merely documenting their experiences in unfamiliar waters, whalers have unwittingly allowed generations later to learn more about how the climate is changing.
—Benjamin Cassidy, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 June 2024
Other nations soon followed, and by the mid-20th century, industrial whalers from the United States, Japan, Russia and elsewhere had likely massacred 90 percent of the planet’s blue whale population.
—Andrew Chapman, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2024
Four whalers are set adrift after a violent storm sinks their ship.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 21 Feb. 2024
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 13 June 2024
But by merely documenting their experiences in unfamiliar waters, whalers have unwittingly allowed generations later to learn more about how the climate is changing.
—Benjamin Cassidy, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 June 2024
Other nations soon followed, and by the mid-20th century, industrial whalers from the United States, Japan, Russia and elsewhere had likely massacred 90 percent of the planet’s blue whale population.
—Andrew Chapman, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2024
Four whalers are set adrift after a violent storm sinks their ship.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 21 Feb. 2024
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whaler
noun
whal·er
ˈhwā-lər 
ˈwā-
: a person or ship that hunts for whales
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