Video: How (and Why) to Sail a 19th-Century Whaling Ship
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A modern crew learns the secrets of sailing a restored New England whaling ship.
A modern crew learns the secrets of sailing a 173-year-old whaler.
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Watch Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World
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The North Water: what was life really like on a whaling ship?
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Essex, History, Whale Attack, Survivors, & Rescue
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30+ Whaling Ship And 19th Century Stock Illustrations, Royalty
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30+ Whaling Ship And 19th Century Stock Photos, Pictures & Royalty
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30+ Whaling Ship And 19th Century Stock Photos, Pictures & Royalty
Purrington and Russell's Whaling Voyage 'Round the World on Vimeo
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Nineteenth-Century Whaler Takes Twenty-First Century Voyage
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The Wellerman Came: And the Internet Listened - Hudson River
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Whale hunting, 19th century - Stock Image - C030/1547 - Science
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Whaling, working aboard a whaling ship, 19th century, engraving