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Maikel wrote:Sat Feb 22, 2020 2:04 pm Why was whaling so big in the 19th century?

https://www.livescience.com/why-whaling ... ntury.html

Whaling was a grisly business, but it enabled a life of comfort and ease that was at odds with this reality.

AvastMH wrote:Sun Feb 09, 2020 8:54 pm
Randi wrote:Sun Feb 09, 2020 8:44 pm Beaked whales may evade killer whales by silently diving in sync
Very clever of them. Darwin would be impressed

Randi wrote:Sun Feb 09, 2020 8:44 pm Beaked whales may evade killer whales by silently diving in sync

Michael wrote:Tue Jan 07, 2020 2:43 pm Those were the days.

Randi wrote:Tue Jan 07, 2020 2:09 pm Um, yes.
A very interesting book.

From Mr Bodfish, 'Chasing the Bowhead' (Bodfish pops up in a lot of places in our logs - currently he's available on the Beluga ;) ;D ). Here we go.... not for any of you of who are at all squeamish ... 'The remains of the hook, with block attached, fell toward me, and that piece of hook struck my ...

Michael wrote:Tue Jan 07, 2020 1:44 pm

Hello All :D Today I became the proud owner of 'Chasing the Bowhead' written by Hartson H. Bodfish. I has a dedication to Barbara Loomis at the start which is given, and written, by Bodfish. I know her name but cannot think why. She was an archaeologist: https://www.islapedia.com/index.php?title=LO...

Humpback whales use their flippers and bubble 'nets' to catch fish Thanks for this Randi :) Great pictures - it's so rare to see the aerial view of those bubble nets, but the scooping-fish action of their flippers is new to me. Makes a great deal of sense when you need to eat as much as they do eve...

Randi wrote:Sun Oct 20, 2019 5:58 pm Humpback whales use their flippers and bubble 'nets' to catch fish

Please feel welcome to post science articles and facts about whales and whaling here. You could also post in the Chat room at the Dockside Cafe.

Shipopoly_beg https://imgur.com/nIrNUKI.png Hello All, Seven years ago today , on the 16th April 2015, and inspired by the to-ings and fro-ings of the Concord, the idea of a certain game involving a 'GO' square came to mind. So Michael and I proudly presented SHIPOPOLY. :D You can sail the seven se...

Bark Belvedere (ODHS Spool 545) On April 6th 1897 Henry Sullivan died. Belvedere has just gone through a very heavy storm during the last few days of March 1897. Sails were torn, booms lost, boats lost, and the smoke stack carried away. The logkeeper notes that Henry Sullivan died on April 6th. By t...

Bark Belvedere (ODHS Spool 545) On April 6th 1897 Henry Sullivan died. Belvedere has just gone through a very heavy storm during the last few days of March 1897. Sails were torn, booms lost, boats lost, and the smoke stack carried away. The logkeeper notes that Henry Sullivan died on April 6th. By t...

The Belvedere 1897 (ODHS spool 545) 'this is the heaviest gale I ever passed through' https://imgur.com/Uzs2tXX.png In fact it's such a tough time that he misses entries and (by the looks of it) is not even sure of the date at one point. Monday March 30th 1897 (Monday was actually the 29th March whi...

The Belvedere 1897 (ODHS spool 545) 'this is the heaviest gale I ever passed through' https://imgur.com/Uzs2tXX.png In fact it's such a tough time that he misses entries and (by the looks of it) is not even sure of the date at one point. Monday March 30th 1897 (Monday was actually the 29th March whi...

The Hunter 1882-1883 reports the loss of the whaling bark Louisa September 28th 1883 Gamed Str Rainbow herd the loss of Bk "Louisa" struck a peice of ice in the blow and filled and rolled over crew took to the boats one boat capsized and the crew were drowned the other boats were picked up...

The Whaling Bark Hunter, voyage of 1882-1883 May 31st 1883 Not far from Cape Navarin and in scattering sea ice. 'At three o'clock A.M. saw the Bk "Arnolda" with her Ensign half mast At 6 A.M. I went aboard her and found that Capt Jones was dead died at 1 o'clock this morning with dropsy ....

North Star December 20th 1881 at Lat 43.00 S and Long 75.12 W 'kuafo in Sight' This is Guafo once again: Isla Guafo ca. 202 m 3888618 T ISL island Chile CL Los Lagos Region 14 -43.59303, -74.71348S https://imgur.com/BqNAYjB.png [hr] North Star December 28th 1881 'of Huofu Chiloe' https://imgur.com/Z...

The voyage of the Thomas Pope from the 2nd June 1884 to the 30th of August 1884 has been completed. Thank you all! You can find more ships in this listing: Find your ship, & the full list of ships logbooks for OWW Your help will be very much appreciated. If you need help in choosing a journey p...

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