Sentences with phrase «from whalers»

In 1817 when Sir Joseph Banks of the Royal Society heard that whalers had reported that the «Arctic was melting» this included reports from whalers from my own home town.

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For its part, the Institute of Cetacean Research, the mouthpiece of Japan's whaling operation, has posted video from the whalers» vantage point showing some activities that seem to me to cross the line from harassment to assault.

Located a short walk from the Whalers Village shops and restaurants.

Spot old graffiti on the cliffs from whalers and pirates who once visited the cove.

Drawn from whaler and fishing boat reports.

Watson, in claims rejected by the Japanese, last year claimed to have been shot at from a whaler.

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It begins with an epigraph from Genesis 1:28: «Let man have dominion over the fishes of the sea...» But men have no such dominion; the sea has dominion, as the Quaker fishermen and Ahab's whalers knew.

It was the first NHLtitle for a franchise, the erstwhile Hartford Whalers, that merged into theleague from the defunct WHA in 1979.

Philadelphia, which had tied Chicago 2 - 2 and defeated Colorado 4 - 2, used Bobby Clarke's hat trick to overcome a four - goal performance by the Penguins» Paul Gardner, while Los Angeles got two tallies each from Charlie Simmer and Dave Taylor to tie the Whalers 5 - 5.

The Greenland population, once decimated by whalers, has grown suspiciously fast since 2000, and Heide - Jørgensen suspects the hand of immigration from Alaska.

European whalers hunted the whale off the coast of New Zealand in the last century, apparently reducing the population from 60 000 to around 3000.

Staying alive as this once - frozen world turns to slush means keeping your wits about you and gleaning information about the environment from every available source, including the radio, the retreating ice, or your whaler uncle, Joe.

NORWAY faces strong condemnation from the International Whaling Commission again this year, as its whalers continue their commercial hunt in the face of a world moratorium and in the absence of any reliable way of determining «safe» catch quotas.

Growing to nearly 60 feet in length, the North Atlantic right whale was one of the first targets of the world's commercial whaling industry and was rapidly wiped out from the animal's coastal habitats in the Atlantic before whalers moved onto other species.

The island lies about 200 miles (322 kilometers) from Floreana Island, where C. elephantopus was last spotted before disappearing, likely due to hunting by whalers, some 150 years ago.

In the aforementioned framing device, Ben Whishaw, playing a far too soft and obsequious Melville, shows up at the inn of pickled, traumatized Thomas Nickerson (Brendan Gleeson, typecast) one dark and stormy night seeking raw material from the former Essex cabin boy for his upcoming novel about whalers.

-- Clive Cussler September 1858: An Antarctic whaler stumbles upon an aged wreck, its grisly frozen crew guarding crates of odd antiquities — and a skull carved from black obsidian.

The youngest in a long dynasty of whalers — a dying industry in 1849, when the novel is set — Mercy lives with her mother and uncle Mordecai on the shores of Connecticut, missing her father, who has yet to return from the voyage he set out on seven years earlier.

The latest from the New York Herald Tribune states that the polar exploration ship Hansa is reported by a whaler as being crushed in sunk in the pack ice in its attempt to reach the North Pole; sunk at seventy degrees north latitude off Greenland.

Brussels, Belgium — The Don't Buy From Icelandic Whalers campaign, an alliance of 14 conservation and animal protection groups, has reacted with dismay to the news that...

When the killing began, Macquarie Island hosted about 10,000 feral rabbits and 2,500 feral cats, all descended from animals left on the island by visiting whalers circa 1820.

Located by Koloa Landing, also known as Whalers Cove, this villa is just steps away from Kauai's famous Green Sea Turtle gathering spot.

As far as condominiums there are a few oceanfront options that are again, on a rocky coastline but within a short distance from the beach: Poipu Palms, Poipu Makai and Whalers Cove

Introducing Whalers Cove 222 from $ 410 nightly for up to four guests.

June 8, 2012 — One of the best oceanfront views you'll see from any Kauai condo is at Whalers Cove.

Stay at the luxurious Whalers Cove resort and enjoy a commanding view of the Pacific from this oceanfront Poipu vacation rental.

Lahaina might look like a tourist town today, but every chapter of Maui's history — from it's status as the capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom to whalers,... Read More

Located below our Kauai vacation rentals at Whalers Cove, it is also easy walking distance from both Waikomo Stream Villas and Poipu Kapili Resort.

Whalers Village offers a wide assortment of shopping ranging from a top Hawaii sundry store (ABC Store) to high - end boutiques.

Bedrooms: 2Bathrooms: 2.5 Guests: 4Interior Rating: DeluxeAmenities: — View: OceanfrontRates From: $ 350Name / Unit: Whalers Cove # 137

During his stay at Whalers Cove near Poipu Beach, Alan took advantage of the oceanfront setting from his Kauai condo to capture the unique richness of the island.

Divers can discover anything from small finds such as anemonefish, pipefish and shrimp / goby pairs to turtles, rays, groupers, Maori wrasse and several species of shark, including reefs, white tips and bronze whalers.

Bedrooms: 2Bathrooms: 2.5 Guests: 4Interior Rating: DeluxeAmenities: - View: OceanfrontRates From: $ 350Name / Unit: Whalers Cove # 137

Bedrooms: 2Bathrooms: 2Guests: 4Interior Rating: PremierAmenities: — View: OceanfrontRates From: $ 410Name / Unit: Whalers Cove 222

Bedrooms: 2Bathrooms: 2.5 Guests: 4Interior Rating: PremierAmenities: - View: OceanfrontRates From: $ 410Name / Unit: Whalers Cove 221

It is located just a few minutes walk from Kaanapali Beach and Whalers Village.

Lahaina is known as the old whaler's town and boasts street after street of storefront shopping from T - shirts to paintings to jewelry to scrimshaw.

Property Location With a stay at Whalers Cove Oceanfront Condominiums in Koloa (Poipu), you'll be minutes from Baby Beach and close to Poipu Beach.

American whalers took 150,000 northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) from the Farallons between 1810 and 1813, followed by Russian fur hunters who lived on the Farallons and extirpated the pinnipeds from the islands.

When it comes to shopping, just steps from the hotel is Whalers Village Boutique Shopping Center which features over 60 shops & a host of family type restaurants.

«Just because J.J. is famous and has a transmitter on her back, there is no law to prevent a whaler from putting a harpoon into her and killing her,» said whale expert David Phillips of the San Francisco - based Earth Island Institute, which opposes whaling except in «subsistence» bases involving native peoples.

Selfies with Santa in front of Whalers Village tropical Christmas tree with a beautiful ocean backdrop December 8, 9, 15, 16 and 22 from 2:00 - 5:00 pm along the beach entrance!

For those seeking to indulge in Maui's locally grown goods, join us 7:30 am — 11:30 am on February 8th at Whalers Village Fine Shops and Restaurants, where local farmers travel from around Maui to offer -LSB-...]

Presented quarterly by Kå» anapali Beach Resort, an official Grown on Maui Farmers Market takes place Saturday, June 7, 2014, from 7:30 am — 11:30 am on the oceanfront lawn at Whalers Village Fine Shops & Restaurants.

With self - guided audio tours, daily films, scale models, artifacts, photo murals, graphic interpretations, ivory objects and scrimshaw, visitors experience the story of the heyday of whaling (1825 - 1860) from the perspective of the whalers themselves.

Our vacation rental condominium is within walking distance of the sidewalk leading to the Shops of Wailea with its stores ranging from high end to affordable, Whalers General Store for condo food and supplies needed in a hurry and great restaurants to explore.

A stay at The Kahana House puts you just a few miles from several beaches, including the golden expanse of Ka'anapali Beach, golf courses, and shopping and dining at Whalers Village and in downtown Lahaina.

If you enjoy being away from it all, our last property Whalers Cove is where you want to be for your Kauai vacation.

If you enjoy walking, the boardwalk in front of the property goes from the north end of Honua Kai to the Maui Ka'anapali Villas where a walking path will then take you all the way to Whalers Village and the Hyatt which is the south end of Ka'anapali.