One
of the last pieces to be brought on board ship in days of outboard
flensing was the whale's tail. Flensing on deck is a much
easier task, but before factory whaling started with powerful
winches and a slip-way down to the sea, whales were simply too
heavy to be hoisted bodily onto the deck of the ship and the
design of the ship didn't make this any easier a job.
The
whaling gallery is a collection of images from a
whole range of sources. It is intended to inform
and illustrate a now (thankfully) vanished occupation and way of life that for the men
so engaged was hard and often
dangerous. It is intended for historical interest rather than a commentary on the ethics of whaling.
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