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whaling

[hwey-ling, wey-] / ˈʰweɪ lɪŋ, ˈweɪ- /












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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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