Ice Whale (2014)
“Forty whaling ships had earlier sailed through the Bering Strait and up the coast of Alaska. Only seven returned. Word had it that the few remaining whales in the Arctic would be coming past Point Barrow in September and they had risked all to get them.
One of those ships‚ the Trident‚ was captained once again by Thomas Boyd. He was back in the Arctic‚ this time he had brought his only son‚ Tom II‚ with him.
Not far from the ship that day‚ was and a small group of ice whales.
The se...a was rough and ships were tossing dangerously. Captain Boyd and the other whaling captains pulled their boats into the calm water between the pack ice and land-fast ice between Icy Cape and Point Franklin. Point Franklin had been named after the British explorer who, years later, would be lost attempting to find the Northwest Passage. The crew would wait there for the whales to come south on migration.
As Captain Boyd sailed for Point Franklin‚ he noticed a whale breaching nearby.MoreLess
One of those ships‚ the Trident‚ was captained once again by Thomas Boyd. He was back in the Arctic‚ this time he had brought his only son‚ Tom II‚ with him.
Not far from the ship that day‚ was and a small group of ice whales.
The se...a was rough and ships were tossing dangerously. Captain Boyd and the other whaling captains pulled their boats into the calm water between the pack ice and land-fast ice between Icy Cape and Point Franklin. Point Franklin had been named after the British explorer who, years later, would be lost attempting to find the Northwest Passage. The crew would wait there for the whales to come south on migration.
As Captain Boyd sailed for Point Franklin‚ he noticed a whale breaching nearby.MoreLess
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