Great article, In Search of the Mysterious Narwhal, by Abigail Tucker, Smithsonian magazine, May 2009:
“Ballerina turned biologist Kristin Laidre gives her all to study the elusive, deep-diving, ice-loving whale known as the ‘unicorn of the sea’.”
Flip Nicklin / Minden Pictures
And then come see a Narwhal Tusk on display in New Bedford Whaling Museum’s Classic Whaling Prints exhibit.
This engraving from the collection of the New Bedford WhalingMuseum:
| Number: | 1958.1.21.S |
| Geo/Culture: | Europe –British |
| Object: | |
| Title: | The Narwhal or Sea Unicorn / F. Cuvier – Plate 11 |
| Artist/Maker: | Stewart, James –Lizars, William Home |
| Date: | 1837 |
| Material: | engraving, paper |
| Dimensions: | [H]4 1/4″ [W]6 9/16″ |
| Description: | A partially colored engraving paper, engraved by William Home Lizars (1788-1859), showing two narwhal on shore, cliffs and birds to right, two birds to left, rocky cliffs in background. |
