Eco-whaling

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A 173-year-old whaling ship returns to the sea for the first time in almost a century and sends a whaleboat out to meet some humpbacks. Somehow those whales can tell there's no harpoon aboard.

The CHARLES W. MORGAN sails with the whales on Stellwagen Bank. July 11, 2014

Video by Mystic Seaport

This might sound odd, but I once spent an evening in the belly of that ship, reading passages of Moby-Dick aloud (Chapter 113: The Forge). I have also climbed its rigging.

Aug. 15 update: click here.