Salvesen's of Leith, as the name suggests, had its origins in Norway (until recently the company logo was based on the ... including Arctic whaling. His son Theodore took the company to the ...

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Pamela Watts (voice-over): Observations of winds that once buffeted this 1800s whaling ship are offering up some critical clues to climate change. The Charles W. Morgan is an attraction at Mystic ...

Commercial whaling (distinguished from ASW by its participants, purpose, scale, and techniques) began in the 11 th century with the Basque inhabitants of the French and Spanish coastlines of the Bay ...

Norway has hunted whales in its own waters for centuries, but key technological advances, such as the exploding harpoon cannon, developed by its whalers in the 19 th century, enabled the expansion of ...

SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi Prefecture--The aging Nisshin Maru, a relic of Japan’s whaling tradition, has finally retired after playing a central role in research and commercial operations for more ...

This first painting is the Southern Venturer at Leith Harbour Whaling Station in November 1961. I worked on the Southern Venturer this season — the last that Edinburgh-based Christian Salvesen ...