5 stories tagged with #whaling, in publish-time order across the WeSearch catalog. Tag pages update as new stories ingest.
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Whalers Didn’t Just Sing Sea Shanties and Seek Adventure. Proof of Laborers' Grueling Work Is in Their Skeletons, Buried in the Arctic
Remains buried on Svalbard show the brutal toll whaling took on men in the 17th and 18th centuries. Climate change threatens these kinds of archaeological sites across the Arctic…
Scurvy-plagued whalers' remains discovered at 'Corpse Point' in Svalbard
Skeletons of early modern whalers reveal widespread scurvy, pipe smoking and heavy physical labor.…
German minister defends decision to allow attempt to rescue whale Timmy
Humpback stranded on sandbank was unlikely to survive, experts had said, recommending it be left to die in peace…
Arctic Sea Ice Helped Some Bowhead Whales Survive Centuries of Industrial Whaling
Learn how Arctic sea ice created natural refuges for bowhead whales during centuries of industrial whaling, shaping which populations are recovering today.…
Bowhead whale recovery reflects century-old whaling patterns
An international study led by Adelaide University has found bowhead whale populations are recovering only in stocks where large areas of hazardous sea ice conditions limited devast…