It's a fearsome looking weapon but was it ever used? There's doubt as to whether whaling actually took place in Milford.After the American War of Independence, whalers from New England found that ...

A species of whale, so ancient and elusive that harpoon fragments dating back over a century have been discovered embedded in their bodies, continues to intrigue scientists. The mysterious bowhead ...

The gunner on deck would signal the man at the wheel to get the boat into position and would wait for an opportunity. When the whale was at 150 feet or less, he would sight and fire the harpoon ...

Norway has hunted whales in its own waters for centuries, but key technological advances, such as the exploding harpoon cannon, developed by its whalers in the 19 th century, enabled the expansion of ...

An English sailor, having just served on George Weymouth's exploratory voyage to the territory that would become Maine, publishes an account of a Native American whale hunt. Fastening harpoon ...

There is an old Cape Cod legend about a whale named Crook Jaw. The story goes that Ichabod Paddock, a masterly shore whaler from Yarmouth, was time and again routed by the great leviathan. His usually ...

Sperm whales being hunted by whalers quickly adapted their behaviour and learned how to avoid harpoons, according to new research. Did Japan ever really stop commercial whaling? Japan to resume ...