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  2. James Bartley - Wikipedia

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    The ship in the story is The Star of the East. While a British ship by the same name existed and sailed during the time in which the incident allegedly occurred and could have been near the Falklands at the right time, the relevant Star of the East was not a whaling vessel and its crew list did not include a James Bartley. [ 2 ]

  3. Gam (nautical term) - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. In the Heart of the Sea (film) - Wikipedia

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    The men in the second remaining boat also resort to cannibalism, with Pollard's cousin Henry Coffin sacrificing himself. The white whale returns, and Chase takes position to attack. When the whale breaches, Chase sees his previously thrown harpoon still embedded above the whale's eye. Chase stares into the whale's eye as the whale stares back.

  5. George Pollard Jr. - Wikipedia

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    George Pollard Jr. was born in Nantucket, Massachusetts, the son of Tamar Pollard (née Bunker) and George Pollard, a ship's captain, [2] at a time when the principal industry there was hunting sperm whales to harvest the oil contained in their blubber and spermaceti. [3]

  6. Essex (whaleship) - Wikipedia

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    Essex was an American whaling ship from Nantucket, Massachusetts, which was launched in 1799.On November 20, 1820, while at sea in the southern Pacific Ocean under the command of Captain George Pollard Jr., the ship was attacked and sunk by a sperm whale.

  7. Why 'In the Whale' documentary on Provincetown diver ... - AOL

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    Where you can see 'In the Whale' documentary “In the Whale” is showing at Wellfleet Cinemas through Sept. 18; and at Water’s Edge Cinema in Provincetown Sept. 21-22. For a full schedule of ...

  8. Malnutrition, ship strikes likely cause of spate of whale ...

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    Aug. 16—A lack of feeding and in one case, a ship strike were likely the causes of death for a series of gray whales that washed ashore in the county through the summer. Numbers are a bit higher ...

  9. Environmental groups sue to force government to finalize ship ...

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    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.