whaling
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Much of what scientists know about whale behavior comes from studying populations that had already been heavily impacted by whaling.
From Science Daily • Mar. 5, 2026
The Browns had a hand in everything from ironmaking and rum distilling to whaling and the slave trade.
From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026
California shut down the nation’s last whaling station in 1971.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026
Shetlander Helen Balfour is the assistant curator at the South Georgia Museum in Grytviken, one of the island's former whaling stations.
From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025
“We’ll listen for the whaling station’s whistle,” Shackleton said.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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