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Long Island,
whale processing - Whales and
Whaling picture gallery 37
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"Skinning whale to get at
blubber, Long Island Beach". Shore processing in the
shallows is an ideal solution for small scale whaling by local
communities that used the whales for their own purposes rather
than selling the products elsewhere. It continued well after
industrial whaling was established and still does in many places
in the world. Here is a scene from the turn of the century, late 1800's
to early 1900's.
Note the ropes that are on the whale. These will
be for anchoring the carcass, stripping off the blubber and for
turning the whale over as one side is processed.
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The
whaling gallery is a collection of images from a
whole range of sources. It is intended to inform
and illustrate a now (thankfully) vanished occupation and way of life that for the men
so engaged was hard and often
dangerous. It is intended for historical interest rather than a commentary on the ethics of whaling. |
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