Anti-whaling activists have accused a Japanese vessel of ramming their high-tech speed boat during a confrontation in the Southern Ocean. Video of the incident appeared to show the Japanese ship ...

Weather reports made by mariners more than two hundred years ago may have relevance for research into climate change today.

Old whaling ship logbooks in a local library may offer up new insight into climate change. An unlikely project is unfolding at the Providence Public Library. Local historians and scientists are ...

Select your boat to get started. A boat's history affects it's value—check the history of this 1987 Boston Whaler Inc and avoid buying a previously damaged boat. Check for storm damage, accidents, ...

president of Kyodo Senpaku Co., the whaling company that owns the ship, during the ship’s departure ceremony. He said the construction of the Kangei Maru means that offshore, mothership type ...

SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi Prefecture--The Kangei Maru, a new whaling mother ship that will succeed the decommissioned Nisshin Maru, has been built here. A signing ceremony for its delivery was held ...

In the Heart of the Sea isn’t just an epic tale of man versus nature, it’s also a dramatic recounting of a real attack. Though some moments were dramatized, Howard's film remained faithful to ...

In August 1871, 32 whaling ships from various corners of the United States, including Hawaii, New England, and California, ...

Watson had been held in Greenland since July on a 2012 Japanese warrant accusing him of causing damage to a whaling ship and injuring a whaler. "It's been five months and this is the first day of ...

Police had acted on a 2012 Japanese warrant that accused him of causing damage to a Japanese whaling ship, obstructing business and injuring a crew member during an encounter in Antarctic waters ...