by Jock Phillips
At the cry of ‘There she blows!’ gangs of whalers took to the waters. Whale oil, baleen, ambergris and bone were valuable, but many men hunted whales for the thrill of the chase. Whaling was dangerous – harpooned whales thrashed and rolled, damaging boats or pulling them under.
Main image: Harpooning a whale
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