Whaling voyages were risky and expensive, and most expeditions failed. But when they succeeded, the returns were outsized and able to offset the deluge of defeats.

Whaling and DEI In a recent Freakonomics podcast, environmental economist Michele Baggio shared his research on the racial diversity of American whaling crews in the 1800s.

The museum has about 2,600 whaling logbooks dating from 1756 to 1965, but the project so far includes just about 300 logbooks related to whaling trips to the Arctic from the mid-1800s to the first ...

The whaling industry, which flourished in the 1800s, gave Black seamen the chance to not only make a living but also thrive during an era when it was dangerous just to have dark skin.

NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad said the discovery will help tell the "story of how people of color succeeded as captains and crew members in the nascent American whaling industry of the early 1800s." ...

Though it may seem modern, whales have been sinking boats since at least the 1800's. In 1820, a sperm whale sank a whaling boat. The lifeboats were later attacked by what may have been orcas.

Some straight out of the SouthCoast with other answers such as on July 18, 2018, "In the 1800s this Massachusetts city was the world's leading whaling port." ...

Reverie Theatre Group will present a bold reimagining of Romeo & Juliet this August at the historic Rotch-Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum in New Bedford, MA.