the whaling company that owns the ship, during the ship’s departure ceremony. He said the construction of the Kangei Maru means that offshore, mothership type whaling will not be discontinued.

Later in life I returned to the photographs I'd taken in Antarctica – and my memories – and started painting scenes of whaling ships. I've donated paintings to several whaling museums in the ...

But times were changing: Whale populations in the North Atlantic had declined, forcing whaling ships to head to more distant waters, first plundering the rich pickings off the South American coast ...

Given our local history, it's not hard to imagine one of the old whaling ships driving hard through the South Pacific. Since we tend to think of sailing as a summertime thing, maybe it would be a ...

Old whaling ship logbooks in a local library may offer up new insight into climate change. An unlikely project is unfolding at the Providence Public Library. Local historians and scientists are ...

SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi Prefecture--The Kangei Maru, a new whaling mother ship that will succeed the decommissioned Nisshin Maru, has been built here. A signing ceremony for its delivery was held ...

Japanese whaling ship has caught fire near Antarctica, leaving one crew member missing and raising fears of environmental damage. The blaze on board the Nisshin Maru prompted the evacuation of its ...

The Kangei Maru has succeeded the world's only other whaling mother ship, the Nisshin Maru. Rather than carving up the carcasses on deck, often in bad weather, the workers will now be able to ...

Lawrence. After this expedition and a year exploring the West, Melville joined the crew of the whaling ship Acushnet in January of 1841. The thrilling adventure that occurred during the next ...

and are angry the industry has used tax money for a costly product largely unpopular with customers Sea trials have begun of the first dedicated whaling mother ship to be built in Japan in 73 ...

First, the whaling ships netted the “right whale” – these whales swam slowly and floated once killed. By the mid-1700s, Nantucket earned the title “Whaling Capital of the World.” ...

Watson had been held in Greenland since July on a 2012 Japanese warrant accusing him of causing damage to a whaling ship and injuring a whaler. "It's been five months and this is the first day of ...