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Near the Bering Strait, the crew spotted the Brunswick, incapacitated after striking ice and surrounded by other whalers preparing to buy off its goods.
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Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 June 2025
Lowe's grandfather was a commercial fisherman, and his grandfather's uncles were commercial whalers, who passed down the terror of whales to the subsequent generations, Lowe said.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 8 June 2025
They’re named after Johan Bryde, an early 20th-century Norwegian whaler.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2025
But their populations plummeted in the 18th and 19th centuries, as buccaneers and whalers nabbed tortoises for meat and oil.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
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Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 June 2025
Lowe's grandfather was a commercial fisherman, and his grandfather's uncles were commercial whalers, who passed down the terror of whales to the subsequent generations, Lowe said.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 8 June 2025
They’re named after Johan Bryde, an early 20th-century Norwegian whaler.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2025
But their populations plummeted in the 18th and 19th centuries, as buccaneers and whalers nabbed tortoises for meat and oil.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Whaler.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whaler. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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whaler
noun
whal·er
ˈhwā-lər 
ˈwā-
: a person or ship that hunts for whales
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