Sentences with phrase «whalers in»

Consider a case study of substitution offered by some of the Breakthrough Institute scholars who signed the Ecomodernist Manifesto: the replacement of whale oil by fuels such as kerosene, which, they argue, helped spare many species of whales from extinction at the harpoons of the whalers in the nineteenth century.

Anti-whaling activists are continuing to make life difficult for the whalers in the Southern Ocean and they may now return to Japan empty handed.

But contact with Western whalers in the 1840s resulted in hawksbill turtles rapidly becoming a valuable commodity, and the level of exploitation exploded.

Sea Shepard, fresh off of a long - running operation to hinder the activities of Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean, have set their sights on protecting one of the ocean most threatened — yet frequently consumed — species of fish.

Some 35,000 whales have been taken by whalers in the years since 1986, when the IWC adopted the commercial whaling moratorium, and there are IWC member nations that continue to promote commercial whaling and international trade in the face of the many significant threats to the well - being and survival of cetaceans.

The first paintings of whalers in the act of killing or skinning has a «Moby Dick Descending a Staircase» vibe to it.

Several of the islands were used by whalers in the 1930s to hunt for sperm whales.

At Champion Islet, snorkel among sea lions; then visit Post Office Bay, founded by whalers in the 18th century.

Known as the «right» kind of whales for hunting, the last North Pacific right whale in Canadian waters was seen (and killed) by whalers in 1951.

Giguere, who was selected 13th by the Hartford Whalers in the 1995 draft, was expected to succeed in the NHL sooner.

A whaler in 1938 boasted that «one modern factory ship can take more whales in one season than the entire American whaling fleet of 1846 which number over 700 vessels.»

Not exact matches

On Maui, Honolulu Cookie Company has stores in the Shops at Whalers Village, Front Street in Lahaina, and most recently at The Shops at Wailea.

«Mario is the only guy in the league who, when he has a breakaway — even when there's a guy chasing him — you pretty much know you're going to have to make a great save,» says Scan Burke of the Hartford Whalers.

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

Everyone expected an emotional letdown to follow, but the Flyers won their 12th straight game that Saturday in Hartford, beating the Whalers 5 - 2, and on the flight home Keenan, so proud of his young team that his eyes misted over when talking about it, helped the stewardesses serve meals.

For a franchise that was launched 34 years ago as theNew England Whalers, has been a member of two leagues (the WHA and NHL) and hasplayed its home games in five cities (Boston; Springfield, Mass.; Hartford; Greensboro, N.C.; and Raleigh), maybe the coolest trophy in the world can serveas an anchor for the team and for big league hockey in the South.

Flores, a tiny volcanic outpost, has no formal harbor, only an inlet with a 45 - degree ramp that whalers use to haul in their kills.

McDavid turned Plymouth Whalers defenseman Alex Peters completely inside out and then buried the puck in the net.

Before and since the whalers it has been the landfall for westbound Atlantic shipping, and today its name is bandied about the skies as a key point in the regulation of transoceanic aerial traffic.

The whalers are dropping harpoons on you in return (ouch!).

This beach in Svalbard, Norway, was used by whalers since the early 1600s.

Eubalaena glacialis, the North Atlantic right whale — so - called by 18th century whalers because it was easy to kill and rich in valuable blubber — is one of three right whale species.

It began in the US as a bunch of west - coast hippies who, copies of the I Ching in hand, sailed into nuclear test zones in the Pacific to disrupt whalers.

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.

Japanese whalers are now in the Southern Ocean, targeting 333 minke whales for the research program; it calls for killing 333 minke whales annually for the next 12 years.

Whalers going to sea in April would start off with a deficiency, which would worsen because their diet contained only about 10 per cent of the required daily intake of vitamin C. Symptoms included painful joints, loose teeth, swollen, bleeding gums, and bleeding both under the skin and in the bowels.

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.

This is the seventh consecutive year Sea Shepherd has chased Japan's whalers through the southern oceans and, in terms of reducing the number of whales taken, possibly the most successful.

In an article in Ecological Applications, Leah Gerber of Arizona State University (ASU), Tempe, and colleagues spell out how this controversial idea would benefit both whales and whalerIn an article in Ecological Applications, Leah Gerber of Arizona State University (ASU), Tempe, and colleagues spell out how this controversial idea would benefit both whales and whalerin Ecological Applications, Leah Gerber of Arizona State University (ASU), Tempe, and colleagues spell out how this controversial idea would benefit both whales and whalers.

A descendant of whalers and a member of a sailing family, Long has long shared his family's interest in the ocean.

Christopher Danner / Instagram (Utqiagvik (Barrow) Whalers pull up a Bowhead Whale onto the sea ice in Spring.)

As throughout the rest of the islands, Pinta tortoises were over-exploited by whalers, fur sealers, and others in the 1800s.

We're fierce in our causes and passionate about our sports (many of us still mourn the loss of our Whalers), we're one of the smartest cities in the nation, and we enjoy all the benefits of city life with very few of the pitfalls.

A large white whale does make an appearance in «In the Heart of the Sea», but it's a supporting role, and Howard fails to establish any dramatic tension early between the hunters (the whalers) and the hunted (the whales) or later, the hunter (the whale) and the hunted (the whalersin «In the Heart of the Sea», but it's a supporting role, and Howard fails to establish any dramatic tension early between the hunters (the whalers) and the hunted (the whales) or later, the hunter (the whale) and the hunted (the whalersIn the Heart of the Sea», but it's a supporting role, and Howard fails to establish any dramatic tension early between the hunters (the whalers) and the hunted (the whales) or later, the hunter (the whale) and the hunted (the whalers).

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.

Alisdair leaves the piano, to Ada's dismay, but a former whaler named George (Harvey Keitel) senses the piano's importance, and shelters it in his house.

Photos of fire - boats, barges, whalers, schooners, tugboats, cruise ships and tour boats, NYPD, Coast Guard, etc. 62 images in all.

You work your butt off here — by the way, I'm giving you a bonus for the Japanese whaler account, good work, sales of whale meat in Tokyo are up six percent — and then you go home and stay up all night blogging with people who look like the Unabomber.

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.

In early 1859 the crew of the Volunteer, a Greenland - bound whaler, is making the most of the last few days ashore at Hull, England, before setting out to sea.

by Shirley Barrett In this rollicking debut novel, Mary Davidson, an Australian whaler's daughter, looks back at 1908 — a catastrophic whaling season but her first chance at romance.

Pizza Paradiso started out almost 20 years ago as a little seaside pizza joint serving pie by the slice at Whalers Village in Ka`anapali.

In 1967, faced with a shortage of whales in nearby Pacific waters, the whalers travelled around the top of Vancouver Island into Queen Charlotte Strait, Blackfish Sound and Knight InleIn 1967, faced with a shortage of whales in nearby Pacific waters, the whalers travelled around the top of Vancouver Island into Queen Charlotte Strait, Blackfish Sound and Knight Inlein nearby Pacific waters, the whalers travelled around the top of Vancouver Island into Queen Charlotte Strait, Blackfish Sound and Knight Inlet.

Reserve Whalers Cove for your next Kauai vacation in paradise!

In the center of the resort is Whalers Village, an open - air, world class shopping complex that also includes a wonderful whaling museum that is free to the public.

While Maui Kaanapali Villas is certainly nestled in the heart of the action, it feels like a hidden sanctuary where guests can also enjoy the relaxation and serenity that once captured the hearts of whalers, fisherman, and surfers.

This popular dive site which was once the third largest whaling port in Hawaii, is also known as Whalers Cove.

Whalers Village is located in West Maui oceanfront on Ka'anapali Beach and the Beach Walk promenade with views of the islands of Lana'i and Moloka'i.