In 1876, the New Bedford whaling ship Catalpa sailed to western Australia and took part in the rescue of six Irish prisoners.

Japan’s whaling fleet is already sailing towards a summer slaughter in the icy waters off Antarctica. Meyerson is captain of the Ocean Warrior, the newest and fastest ship the anti-whaling ...

A lawsuit seeks at least $300 million in damages. Greenpeace has said such a loss in court could force it to shut down its American offices. In the coming days, a jury is ...

They set sail again for the South American coast ... save some of the provisions and regroup in three small whaling boats before their ship succumbed to the waves. “My God, Mr. Chase, what ...

Tryworks -- brick oven furnaces used to render oil from whale blubber -- are first installed on ships ... been embarking on the last whaling voyage aboard a sail-powered vessel.

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 ...

president of Kyodo Senpaku Co., 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 ...

Construction of the ship will begin in February ... Still, Japan’s whaling industry is expected to continue to suffer rough sailing. Kyodo Senpaku’s annual whale meat production has dropped ...

The organisation’s founder, conservationist Paul Watson, has been mired in controversy for his use of direct intervention to disrupt the efforts of whaling ships. According to his foundation’s ...