The crew of a Japanese whaling vessel drag an injured whale to the side of the ship during a scientific research mission in the Antarctic, 1993.
South Sea whaling ships boiling blubber on board after a successful day's whaling. Original Artist: By O W Brierly
The whaling is highly controlled in Iceland. Fishermen respect their quotas, but do not intend to abandon a centuries-old tradition. In the smell of...
Oil painting dated c 1855-1870 of a whaling ship of the 1830s sailing near a lighthouse. The ship has a more elaborate stern than was usual in...
An account of an average whaling expedition from the capture of the whale to the boiling of the blubber. Original Publication: From Pelham's 'God's...
The harpoon ship Hvalur 9 is seen transporting two Fin whales on Hvalfjordur fjord near the village of Midsandur, Iceland, some 70 km north of...
Coloured lithographic plate showing the whale from 'Graphic Illustrations of Animals - Showing Their Utility to Man in Their Employment During Life...
Whalers attempt to harpoon a bowhead whale, one of three species of Right whale which were heavily hunted by industrial whalers.
Walfang: Erlegter Wal, mithilfe einer Winde an Land gebracht- Illustration nach einem Kupferstich aus Hulsius' Schiffahrt, Frankfurt/Main 1650
Whale on the flensing plan at Grytviken, South Georgia, taken during the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-17, led by Ernest Shackleton.
Whaling off the Coast of the Goto Islands , from the series "One Thousand Pictures of the Ocean ", Japan, c. 1831-33. Artist Hokusai.
Whaling Ships and Small Boats with Whale, 1769. Artist Cornelis Ouboter van der Grient. (Photo by Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images
The crew of a Japanese whaling vessel drag an injured whale to the side of the ship during a scientific research mission in the Antarctic, 1993.
Group of whalers removing a whale's bone at a whaling operation in Baffin Bay, Nunavut, Canada, 1902. The image is one-half of a stereoscopic image.
Mark Simonds Senior marine scientist speaks during the Global march for whales in London. Anti-whaling activists gathered in London to protest...
South Sea Whale Fishery: 'Amelia Wilson' and 'Castor' off Buoro. Factory ship at anchor while crew in boats harpoon Sperm Whales.1825Aquatint after...
During the Civil War, two whaling ships, the Edward and the India, were converted into a floating shop on Machine-Shop Creek near Port Royal. The...
Six ships and numerous whaling boats attacking several whales while marines shoot at bears, presumably polar bears including a mother and cub. One...
Bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus, beached on the shore. Two whalers stand in front of the carcass, near a sailboat and harpoon. Common whale,...
The Dutch Whaling Fleet, 1690/1700. Sailors harpooning whales and attacking polar bears. Detail from a larger artwork. Artist Abraham Storck.
Whale Hunt by the Emperor Claudius in the harbour at Ostia; Verso: inscription relating to Pliny the Elder's Natural History, Book 9, ch. 5, Jan van...
Perspective box of black lacquered wood with three painted glass plates: whaling between icebergs, perspective case glass plate glass wood oak wood...
Employees prepare a whale for butchering at the whaling station in the village of Midsandur, Iceland, some 70 km north of Reykjavik, on August 05,...
Red Bay or the Bay of Chalupas, a fishing village and former site of several Basque whaling stations on the southern coast of Labrador in the...
The "Terra Nova", A Famous Whaler That Has Taken Part In Several British Antarctic Expeditions', circa 1930. From "The Wonder Book of Ships", edited...
Hundreds of demonstrators are seen holding placards during the protest against Japanese Whaling in central London.
Fin whale brought to be butchered at the Hvalur hf. Processing plant in Iceland on August 12, 2022 in Hvalfjörður, Iceland.
