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Nantucket’s shingled buildings stand shoulder to shoulder ... sit alongside ice cream parlors that will have the kids tugging at your sleeve. The Whaling Museum tells stories of brave (and maybe ...

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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Starting around 1650, whaling expanded along the Northeast coast of the British ...