In the carcass of a whale, they found fragments of a weapon embedded in its flesh – but this wasn’t a modern piece of equipment. The harpoon was traced back to the 1900s, and after ...

For more information on Norway’s hunt, see the AWI-coauthored report Frozen in Time: How Modern Norway Clings to Its Whaling Past ... and the brain (the target for a secondary rifle shot when the ...

When the whale was at 150 feet or less, he would sight and fire the harpoon gun on the bow. Once the 140 pound harpoon with an exploding head had been fired into the whale, it was secured to the ...

The first boats to harpoon the whale receive shares ... Today's Inupiat leaders live double lives, treading the line between modern concerns for the community and the subsistence lifestyle.

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 ...