Comments for Whaling Museum

Comment on Good Info About Whale Sounds by Bill Renehan

Bill Renehan — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:20:38 +0000

This is a great link Bob! Thanks!!

Bill Renehan

Comment on The Problem of Noise in the Ocean by CNN Opinion Piece : Southall Environmental Associates, Inc.

CNN Opinion Piece : Southall Environmental Associates, Inc. — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:03:34 +0000

[...] and at the New Bedford Whaling Museum http://whalingmuseumblog.org/2012/01/20/the-problem-of-noise-in-the-ocean/> for their informative blogs about [...]

Comment on Moby-Dick Marathon weekend features acclaimed tenor, Jan. 6-8 by wynkelley

wynkelley — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:40:43 +0000

Can’t wait! I’m polishing my copy of MD as I write. What a line-up!

Comment on Scrimshaw Collectors’ Weekend 2009 by bobby harrison

bobby harrison — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 03:13:16 +0000

i have a whales tooth.on one side has a picture of a ship with the name mereator on it.on the back side has a picture of a partly naked lady holding a harp on her right side.at the bottom of her feet has a small date 1861. do anybody have an idea of what i have.thank you.

Comment on Scrimshaw Collectors’ Weekend 2009 by bobby harrison

bobby harrison — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 03:09:25 +0000

i have a whales tooth that measures 6.5″ long and around the middle also measures approx.6.5″. on one side is a piture of a ship with the name mereator.on the reverse side has a piture of partley naked lady holding a harp on her right side.at the bottom below her feet there is a small date that reads 1861.do any one know what i have. thank you.

Comment on Inupiat Whaling by Wyn Kelley

Wyn Kelley — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:22:08 +0000

Glad you’re getting the word out about the climate issues at the poles–grave and urgent. I too noted the Times article–and the clots of gore reference. Thanks, Bob!

Comment on Whale Falls by Thomas Wells

Thomas Wells — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:15:35 +0000

It always seemed wasteful, in 19th century commercial whaling, to take only the oil and baleen and abandon the rest. It is consoling to know that few things are truly wasted in nature. Thanks for the new slant.

Comment on Whaling Museum presents 27th annual award to Norwegian scholar by Thomas Wells

Thomas Wells — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 19:43:06 +0000

Well deserved. His work is hard to to, funding is hard to get, and his subject is esoteric to most of the world. Good history requires his kind of careful study and publication.

Comment on NBWM to Exhibit World’s Largest Model of a Concordia Yawl by Brad Bellows

Brad Bellows — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:52:40 +0000

The more one knows about boats and craftsmanship, the more in awe one is of Tom Borges and his incredible Concordia model.

Comment on Subsistence Hunting Under Review by Thomas Wells

Thomas Wells — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:58:25 +0000

This is a great topic. Yes, docents are often asked who are hunting whales, which whales are hunted. I always take them to the excellent graphic on the Jacobs balcony.

It would be great to have a resource to understand the nuts and bolts of the treaties and the outliers activities. The Whaling Museum might be able to suggest the most useful and trustworthy of the many sources available on the web.

Would Iceland allow the killing of North Atlantic Right Whales, or Blue Whales, in international waters? If they found a North Atlantic Bowhead, would they take it? How do modern whaling nations use whale products?

Thank you for your excellent blogs.