Whaling as an industry began around the 11th Century when the Basques started hunting and trading the products from the northern right whale (now one of the most endangered of the great whales). They ...

In response, the U.S. Navy initiated the development of a new air-to-ship rocket in 1965, naming it “Harpoon”—a nod to the traditional whaling harpoon. A dramatic event in October 1967 ...

Whaling was Australia's first industry and ... 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 ...

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

The secondary killing method was either a darting gun or smooth bore 7-guage shoulder gun ... Daley, the Makah hunted and killed a juvenile gray whale. A steel harpoon was thrown from a traditional ...

The U.S. Navy officially apologized this week for the bombardment of Angoon, a native Alaskan village, in 1882.

The Navy officially apologized to the Tlingit community for a bombardment that wiped out an Alaskan village in 1882.

who was killed aboard a whaling ship by an exploding harpoon gun. According to the Naval Heritage and History Command, accounts from the time say members of the Tlingit tribe forced the whaling ...

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 ...

Fastening harpoon points, Courtesy: Library of Congress Shore whaling is taken up at Southampton, Long Island. The fledgling industry is manned by Native Americans, who are paid a percentage based ...

A mystery beginning in the South Atlantic and ending in South Kensington has finally been solved. The century-long story of ...