Set in the winter of 1820, their latest tells the story of the New England whaling ship Essex and the whale attack that would serve as the real - life inspiration for Herman Melville's Moby - Dick. (metacritic.com)
It follows the voyage of whaling ship in the 1850s, a time when the whaling industry is floundering. (bookriot.com)
I remember reading a paper using admiralty logs from whaling ships in the Antarctica to gauge ice extent. (judithcurry.com)