Sentences with phrase «brought by whaling»

Mosquitoes are 100 % invasive to Hawaii, meaning no species existed on the islands until brought by whaling ships in the 1800s.

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In the play Angels in America, Prior, a character living with AIDS, describes the arrival of his ancestor, a ship captain who made his living by bringing whale oil to the Old World and immigrants to the New World.

During the later period, when there was less sea ice, the whales dove significantly longer and deeper than in the earlier period — presumably in search of prey as the animals, in turn, changed their habits because of different ocean conditions brought on by sea ice loss.

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Starring Chris Hemsworth as experienced first mate Owen Chase, and Benjamin Walker as the untested Captain Pollard, the film begins by taking us back to 1820 and to Nantucket, New England where the whaling ship Essex has set off to find whale oil to bring back to fuel the city.

Boris Karloff, then a relative unknown, was cast by on - the - rise director James Whale, who also brought to Frankenstein his trademark dry wit.

Whilst out driving pick up some goodies from the wineries and specialty food outlets close by, bring them home and relax on your balcony with a glass of Margaret River wine — you may even see a whale if you're there between June and December.

Whale watching in Baja California, Mexico By Josh Roberts Brought to you by USA Today, September 2006 Grey Whales Baja «It's the moment of a lifetime,» says Terry Prichard, president of Sea Kayaking AdventureBy Josh Roberts Brought to you by USA Today, September 2006 Grey Whales Baja «It's the moment of a lifetime,» says Terry Prichard, president of Sea Kayaking Adventureby USA Today, September 2006 Grey Whales Baja «It's the moment of a lifetime,» says Terry Prichard, president of Sea Kayaking Adventures.

A room - sized replica of the sperm whale has been executed by artist Andreas Slominski, and though a commissioned work (size, scale, and the dried, crumbling, clay material reveal this) Slominski's interpretation of the harpoons which brought down the White Whale demonstrates his imaginative personal iteration of the novel's denouewhale has been executed by artist Andreas Slominski, and though a commissioned work (size, scale, and the dried, crumbling, clay material reveal this) Slominski's interpretation of the harpoons which brought down the White Whale demonstrates his imaginative personal iteration of the novel's denoueWhale demonstrates his imaginative personal iteration of the novel's denouement.

Natural Motion brings together well - known works by Gabriel Orozco (born 1962), such as Dark Wave (an enormous suspended and decorated whale skeleton), alongside examples of more recent work, such as carved river stones, plus a comprehensive presentation of his ongoing work in terracotta.

Presented in conjunction with the release of the fourth volume in the series, the exhibition brings together a selection of paintings, drawings, photographs, and sculptures by artists featured in the publication; Brian Calvin, Cali DeWitt, Shari Elf, Trevor Hernandez, Liz Larner, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Lily Stockman, Richard Tinkler, John Tottenham, and Evan Whale.

So while you guys were jamming with the humpback, over in Agadir, Morocco, the usual suspects, brought together every year for decades now, were realizing that there was no way to cut a hoped - for deal to allow some sanctioned, but controlled, whaling in place of the current hunts by three countries.

Large scale commercial whaling was brought to Japan by the U.S. fishermen in the 19th century.

In a heartbreaking move, the Canadian government decided it would rather allow 500 narwhals to be shot one by one at an air hole in the ice, rather than bring in icebreakers to help free the whales.

Iceland's increased commercial whaling and recent trade in whale products diminish the effectiveness of the IWC's conservation program because: (1) Iceland's commercial harvest of whales undermines the moratorium on commercial whaling put in place by the IWC to protect plummeting whale stocks; (2) the fin whale harvest greatly exceeds catch levels that the IWC's scientific body advised would be sustainable if the moratorium were removed; and (3) Iceland's harvests are not likely to be brought under IWC management and control at sustainable levels through multilateral efforts at the IWC.

The activist organization, subject on Animal Planet's Whale Wars series, has been hit by a lawsuit brought by

The IWC meeting in Morocco may have seen the failure of plans to compromise on commercial whaling, to bring Japan and other international law objectors back into the fold, but there is some more interesting news coming from Agadir: More whales are being killed by pollution, getting caught in nets and other threats than by commercial whaling; and, Russian oil exploration in the Pacific is threatening critically endangered grey whales.

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