Paul Watson, founder of the anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd, has been notified by Interpol that a wanted notice against him for allegedly obstructing Japan's research activities had been suspended, ...

Today (Monday, April 7), Grow Up Art confirmed that the group, based in the London area, is behind the work. A spokesperson for the group, who asked to remain anonymous, told The Press the poster ...

What can centuries-old whaling ship logs tell us about today’s extreme ... The ledgers are filled with remarkable folk art illustrations of life on the years, long journeys, eyewitness accounts ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In 1848, 18-year-old Rebecca Ann Johnson sailed out of Nantucket, Massachusetts as part of the crew of a ...

In her 2019 memoir, The Year of the Monkey, Patti Smith offers a Melvillian remedy for insomnia wherein she imagines herself “a sailor in the time of the great whaling ships.” During a violent storm, ...

Abandoned and desperate for a different life than offered by the small village on Kent’s coast, Ishmaelle forfeits her 17-year-old girl’s identity for that of a 15-year-old boy, Ishmael, and sails to ...