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Herman Melville titles Chapter 53 of Moby-Dick, "The Gam."After explaining that the word does not appear in dictionaries, he gives his own definition: GAM. Noun - A social meeting of two (or more) Whale-ships, generally on a cruising- ground; when, after exchanging hails, they exchange visits by boats' crews: the two captains remaining, for the time, on board of one ship, and the two chief ...
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Five species of seals (harp seals, gray seals, harbor seals, hooded seals, and ringed seals), and numerous whale species swim in the waters of Stellwagen Bank. [3] Whale watchers frequently can see humpback whales, minke whales and fin whales and occasionally sight of one of the most critically endangered whale species, the North Atlantic right ...
A coalition of environmental groups is calling on the federal government to enact emergency rules to protect a vanishing species of whale from lethal collisions with large ships. The groups filed ...
The ship and her crew, and their efforts for conservation, were the subject of the Animal Planet show Whale Wars. The MV Steve Irwin is now in the ownership of the not for profit Ship4Good. In late 2024, Ship4Good announced a new long-term partnership with marine debris prevention charity - Tangaroa Blue Foundation .
Games. Health. Home & Garden ... recounts the previously little-known tale of a ship based in New London that in 1846 was ordered into the service of the U.S. Navy off the coast of California, and ...
An injured humpback whale calf spotted being supported on the surface by its mother may have been hit by a ship, experts reported. The University of Hawaii estimated the nearly 17-foot-long calf ...
Cosmo Ace, formerly A Whale and Madison Orca, [3] is a Liberian-flagged ore-oil carrier built in 2010 by Hyundai Heavy Industries, Ulsan, South Korea for TMT Co. Ltd. (formerly Taiwan Maritime Transport Co. Ltd.) from the Republic of China .