After examining it, researchers discovered that the whale had been around 130 years old and the weapon had been a harpoon dating back to the 1900s. John Bockstoce, curator at the New Bedford ...

The boat’s skipper, 69-year-old Jan Bjørn Kristiansen ... Over the course of the summer whaling season, Kristiansen will harpoon perhaps 30 or 40 minke whales, butcher their carcasses on ...

Once the 140 pound harpoon with an exploding head had been ... are acknowledged leaders in the ongoing battle to end commercial whaling. The old time whaling reached a peak around 1845, with ...

Given our local history, it's not hard to imagine one of the old whaling ships driving ... taught us to keep a lookout for whales, then to row out with harpoons on long lines to spear them ...

When one is spotted, a team pushes an umiak onto the water. There is typically one chance to harpoon the whale. If the hunt is successful, each person in the village can receive a share of the meat.

Some whales are more than 100 years old, smashing previously estimated life ... Scientists have also drawn on historical evidence – the harpoon tips embedded in the animals’ blubber.

Sperm whales being hunted by whalers quickly adapted their behaviour and learned how to avoid harpoons, according to new research. Did Japan ever really stop commercial whaling? Japan to resume ...