When the whale was at 150 feet or less, he would sight and fire the harpoon gun on the bow. Once the 140 pound harpoon with an exploding head had been fired into the whale, it was secured to the ...

The first boats to harpoon the whale receive shares. The lead whaling crew divide the head between them. Above, Flora Aiken gives a blessing to the first bowhead whale of the spring season.

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 ...

Japan’s proposal to legalize whaling has been rejected by the International Whaling Commission. The Lamalerans still hunt whales the traditional way -- in a wooden boat, with a harpoon.

Fastening harpoon points, Courtesy ... the majority of the crew members crowd into three small whaling boats and head east on a 3,000 mile journey towards the coast of Peru.

A species of whale, so ancient and elusive that harpoon fragments dating back over a century have been discovered embedded in their bodies, continues to intrigue scientists. The mysterious bowhead ...

forcing whaling ships to head to more distant waters, first plundering the rich pickings off the South American coast, then striking out into the Pacific. The economic stakes were high ...

The old way of whaling with a plain harpoon meant a slow and agonising ... Lars Walloe, former head of Norway's delegation to the IWC, told the BBC whaling is the same as killing "other large ...

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 ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday it has closed its investigation into Robert F. Kennedy Jr., ...

The U.S. Navy has formally apologized for obliterating an Alaska Native village in 1882, the second such apology this fall.