Originally Posted By: Leo99
Read Moby ****. That oil was very valuable.
heh heh I'm in the New Bedford City Hall a few times a week. The lobby has a mural of whalers taking a Nantucket sleigh ride. What a way to earn a living. Sailing all over the world chasing the largest carnivore on earth with a spear, some rope and a rowboat. You stick him in the side, and it just makes the whale mad. The smart ones would charge the boat
Whaling was a sustainable industry until the advent of the steamship and the harpoon cannon.