Sentences with phrase «by whaling ships»

Dozens have been taken by whaling ships in the past decade.

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

Which judging by the rest of the comments on this topic, is actually a requirement, so I'm in good company (Mark from Middle River take note — It was Sea Shepherd who had their boat run over by the whaling ship, not Greenpeace, and whilst I agree the boat was a beauty, I don't think ramming it is in the same league of destroying works of art (regardless of how bad) the topic refers to)

Not exact matches

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.

One of the marine conservation folks at my day job passed along this little critter yesterday — it's an online game that uses the classic Space Invaders model, only this time you're a whale trying to stop Japanese whaling ships by «bumping» them from below with globs...

This past summer 12 whales died in Canada, including at least six killed by ships or entanglement, which forced Canadian officials to take emergency measures, including closing fisheries.

Governments helped it along by taking steps to prevent ship strikes, such as imposing speed limits on or rerouting larger vessels in some waters, and installing sensors that can warn mariners when the whales are nearby.

Thomas Steitz looks like he should be piloting a whaling ship, by virtue of his old - timey New England seafarer's beard - with - no - mustache.

It was collected in the deep sea about 190 miles offshore Louisiana during a 2010 mission by the NOAA Ship Pisces to study sperm whale feeding.

Locked in the ice on their ship, the Endurance, after a long, dark winter, Ernest Shackleton and his men were gladdened by the sight of Adélies, seals, and whales «disporting themselves in the leads» between ice floes.

In the latest study, scientists analyzed an earplug from an endangered blue whale killed by a ship near California.

THE US Navy has admitted for the first time that the sonar used by its ships can injure whales and dolphins.

«Even accepting our results that the current level of ship strikes is not going to cause overall population declines, there is still going to be ongoing concern that we don't want these whales killed by ships,» Branch said.

Speaking in Tokyo last December, Sea Shepherd's Scott West said the group's objective in using speedboats to harass Japan's whaling ships was to «sink that fleet economically» by making it too costly to accomplish its mission.

But like an errant strobe light, sonic energy generated by large ships and petroleum exploration vessels can cancel out a whale's ability to communicate.

During the week that ships were stilled, underwater noise was lower by 6 decibels, and the levels of whales» glucocorticoids (stress - related fecal hormone metabolites) were lower, too.

Speed limits on ships have been of some help in saving the North Atlantic right whales from being killed in collisions, suggest studies by the US government and independent researchers — and environmental groups are suing to expand the areas where protection measures are in force.

Killer whales, for instance, are known to swim away from areas where they have encountered sonar signals of about 142 decibels, a sound level lower than currently allowed by the U.S. Navy for its ships, Tyack said, referring to a 2014 study in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America that determined the mammals» likely response.

Habitat is being disturbed and polluted by offshore oil development in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas, and as CO2 warms our planet, the arctic ice pack is rapidly melting; the whales are in danger from noise, oil spills and deadly collisions with ships, while global warming is steadily melting their icy abode and reducing available food.

Though slightly intimidated by the sermon delivered by Father Mapple (Orson Welles in a brilliant one - take cameo), who warns that those who challenge the sea are in danger of losing their souls, Ishmael nonetheless signs on to the Pequod, a whaling ship captained by the brooding, one - legged Ahab (Gregory Peck).

Once there, however, the ship is capsized by a gigantic white whale and our heroes find themselves adrift in an unforgiving wasteland of salt water.

Having risen from a lowly orphan to a respected seaman, Owen Chase (Chris Hemsworth) finds himself as First Mate on the Essex, a whaling ship captained by the rather pompous George Pollard (Benjamin Walker).

Screenwriter Charles Leavitt (The Mighty, K - Pax) adapts Nathan Philbrick's eponymous, National Book Award - winning account of the cursed Essex, an American whaling ship sunk, in an apparently singular occurrence, by a sperm whale.

The novel was said to be inspired by the author's own experience aboard a whaling ship and the horrific circumstances surrounding the 1820 sinking of the Nantucket Essex.

SYNOPSIS: Based on the 1820 event, a whaling ship is preyed upon by a giant whale, stranding its crew at sea for 90 days, thousands of miles from -LSB-...]

Young novelist Herman Melville visits ageing Thomas Nickerson, the only survivor of the Essex, a whaling ship sunk decades earlier by a great white whale.

Who: Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson and Ben Whishaw What: Based on the 1820 event that inspired Herman Melville's «Moby Dick,» a whaling ship is preyed upon by a sperm whale, stranding its crew at sea for 90 days.

Chris Hemsworth plays dashing first mate aboard the Essex, the real ship attacked by a giant whale that inspired literary classic «Moby Dick.»

A new trailer for Ron Howard's Oscar hopeful In The Heart of the Sea has debuted online, along with a brand new poster... In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of -LSB-...]

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.

The Harry Potter star plays Old Thomas Nickerson in Ron Howard's new epic, starring Chris Hemsworth, based on the 1820 event when a whaling ship was preyed upon by a sperm whale, stranding its crew at sea for 90 days.

In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believ... Read On

«Sea» stars Chris Hemsworth and Benjamin Walker as sailors whose ship is destroyed by a whale.

In Ron Howard's film, a 19th - century whaling ship is preyed upon by a sperm whale, which strands the crew at sea for 90 days.

A new trailer has arrived online for Ron Howard's rather fantastic - looking In the Heart of the Sea, which you can check out below after the official synopsis... In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an -LSB-...]

IN THE HEART OF THE SEA, directed by Ron Howard, is based on Nathaniel Philbrick's best - selling novel about the dramatic true journey of the whaling ship Essex.

Ahead of its release next month, Warner Bros. has debuted a new trailer for Ron Howard's In the Heart of the Sea, which we've got for you below after the official synopsis... In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth -LSB-...]

n the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance.

In the film, actor Brendan Gleeson portrays cabin boy Thomas Nickerson (played at a younger age by Tom Holland), who when he is older tells the story of the ship to Herman Melville («Skyfall» actor Ben Whishaw), who wrote a book about a whale you might have heard of.

He is still awed by «icebergs, whales, the sea and ships, circumpolar currents, geologic time, the origins and evolutionary histories of life forms, the quirks of birds, birders and explorers, antifreeze in fish blood, the blue in ice, human folly, the ozone hole...

In 1841, 14 - year - old Manjiro, allegedly the first Japanese to set foot in America, deals with the prejudice and promise of a new world after a freak storm overturns his fishing boat and he's rescued by an American whaling ship.

In 1820, the whaling ship Essex, out of Nantucket, was deliberately hit and sunk in the south Pacific by an enraged sperm whale.

A ship attacked and sunk by an enormous whale, three months drifting at sea, cannibalism — and even a crew member actually named Owen Coffin!

This beautifully illustrated biography, featuring original artwork by its subject, follows the extraordinary life of the first Japanese person to live in the U.S., from his impoverished roots to his stints on U.S. whaling ships to his position as samurai, all told in clear, elegant language that never sensationalizes.

As we explore by ship, by Zodiac, and on foot, keep an eye out for gray whales, which can be found in these prime feeding grounds, and more than 100 migratory bird species.

Spitsbergen, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and the North Pole are perfect for explorations by small ship cruise, and our selected itineraries get you up close to the abundant wildlife in this region: polar bears, musk ox, walrus, belugas, narwhal, killer whales, seabirds and more.

The property has amazingly lovely sea view and whales and dolphins and the sardine run can be spotted in season, as well as ships passing by.

Commercial whaling by Europeans of the species in the North Pacific began in the winter of 1845 — 46, when two United States ships, the Hibernia and the United States, under Captains Smith and Stevens, caught 32 in Magdalena Bay.

Not only were the whales taken in Magdalena Bay, but also by ships anchored along the coast from San Diego south to Cabo San Lucas and from whaling stations from Crescent City in northern California south to San Ignacio Lagoon.

Under the title of JARPN (Japanese Whale Research Program under Special Permit in the North Pacific), up to 100 whales were caught each year by a pelagic fleet consisting of the 7,198 to 7,575 gross ton factory ship Nisshin Maru and two to three sighting / sampling vessels — including Toshi Maru No. 25 (739.92 gross tons, 1994 — 1999), Toshi Maru No. 18 (758.33 gross tons, 1994 — 1998), Kyo Maru No. 1 (812.08 gross tons, 1995 — 1999), and Yushin Maru (720 gross tons, 1999)-- until 1999.