gory insight into the workings of a factory ship just after the Second World War when the country's dependence on whale oil and meat was at an all-time high. 'The 28-page album comprises a wide ...

“It fuelled the European economy and Britain – and Scotland - was a ... issues such as pollution from ships, climate change, habitats are changing.” The whaling station at South Georgia ...

Local fishermen recently rescued an entangled humpback whale off the coast of Scotland, video footage ... in addition to collisions with ships and underwater noise, pose a threat to humpback ...

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 ...

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

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 ...