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 ...

Fastening harpoon points, Courtesy: Library of Congress Shore whaling is taken up at Southampton ... the bodies of their shipmates. A 21-year-old Herman Melville signs aboard the whaler Acushnet ...

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.

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 ...

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.