When the whale was at 150 feet or less, he would sight and fire the harpoon gun on the bow. Once the 140 pound harpoon with an exploding head had been fired into the whale, it was secured to the ...

Then, in the late 1860s, Svend Foyn perfected a highly effective harpoon cannon that featured an exploding head. Worldwide whale protection did not set in until almost a century later, and the ...

Fastening harpoon points, Courtesy ... the majority of the crew members crowd into three small whaling boats and head east on a 3,000 mile journey towards the coast of Peru.

In spite of the high winds and rough seas, Hussey managed to harpoon and ... that of the right whale, providing a brighter and cleaner-burning light, but its block-shaped head contained a vast ...

forcing whaling ships to head to more distant waters, first plundering the rich pickings off the South American coast, then striking out into the Pacific. The economic stakes were high ...

Historians have long debated whether the end of slavery in the United States was primarily driven by moral campaigns or economic changes. But what if both perspectives are looking at only part of the ...

Norway has hunted whales in its own waters for centuries, but key technological advances, such as the exploding harpoon cannon, developed by its whalers in the 19 th century, enabled the expansion of ...

Tokyo has now withdrawn from the international court’s jurisdiction to head off any future challenge ... mist to obscure the view of the whales they hope to harpoon. Meyerson has nicknamed ...