The history of whaling

[Supa Dexta]

...So it's the middle of the night and a show called "Moby Dick the true story" comes on, and catches my attention.. So I start reading up on whaling, and it's actually quite interesting.. Amazing really, how long its gone on for, and really how large of an industry it once was...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_whaling

They must have killed some pile of whales over the years, if ships 100's of yrs ago were returning with 100's of tons of whale oil...

[ExtraSlow]

The first half of Moby dick is a great read if you want to get the feel for whaling life. After that it all goes to shit, but the first half is great.