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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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She was rebuilt over a period of six months and put back into service as a whale oil factory ship, re-entering service on 8 October 1951 under the name Tonan Maru. [22] [2] She served in the whaling fleet until 1968, becoming the longest-serving Japanese factory ship. [23] Tonan Maru was scrapped in April 1971. Her aft portion and funnel, which ...
Mimi is a type of vessel known as a "Gabare d'Iroise," where "Gabare" translates as "cargo barge" and "Iroise" refers to the region in which she was constructed. Mimi was initially used as a cargo ship in the rough waters of the North Sea , and was thus built to withstand serious maritime conditions.
The whale numbers less than 360 and has been in decline in recent years in large part because of collisions with ships and entanglement in commercial fishing gear.
The first North Atlantic right whale mom and calf pair that researchers with Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute sighted in the 2023-2024 season off the coast of South Carolina.
The ship was based in Japan in Shimonoseki harbor [8] and was owned by Tokyo-based Kyodo Senpaku, which is a subsidiary of the Institute of Cetacean Research. [9] Minke whales, including a 1-year-old juvenile, being loaded aboard Nisshin Maru.
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