Sentences with phrase «whale oil burning»
After all, someone needed to be there to keep the whale oil burning.
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(Do you wish to compare the tons of whale oil burned to the changing number of whales living and not eating plankton and krill each year?
Not exact matches
Whale oil was a very clean oil, and when burned, it gave a very bright, white light.
Saving the whales has proven a benefit to the marine environment, including helping storage of the greenhouse gases produced by burning oil that are changing the global climate.
No oil is imported and no fossil fuels are burned when you go whale watching with us.
Her solo exhibitions include Whale Oil, Slave Ships & Burning Martyrs at Priska Juschka Fine Art in New York, Imitatio Dei at the Museum of Contemporary in Chicago and Last Things Will Be First And First Things Will Be Last at the Chicago Cultural Center.
Wood was burned in great amounts to boil sea water to obtain salt for packing cod for shipping, and to «try» whale meat to extract the valuable oil.