The Weekly Whaler PUBLISHED BY MS. RODERICK’S LINCOLN ELEMENTARY 21ST CENTURY 3rd GRADE CLASS. No. 11. Vol. XVll. SUNDAY, JULY 8, 1860. (Two Dollars per annum, ( Payable in advance. SHIPS OUT AT SEA. Captain Scarleth’s, ‘The Skittles’ AMERICAN VESSEL is making its way through the SUNK. Captain Vessel Pacific. She wants to head to the Azores. Written By Serena Asa ‘The Batman’ Captain Gabriella is leading ‘The The American whaler Essex hailed Serena ‘The Flamingo’ CoCo’ on its maiden voyage. It is from Nantucket, Massachusetts. It was attacked by 80-ton sperm Isaiah ‘The Resses’ whaling in the Atlantic Ocean. whale. The 20 crew members Kayanda ‘Oreo Ice Cream’ ‘The Dolphin’ and the ‘Cookie escaped in 3 boats, only 5 men survived. Three other men were Crumb’ are headed to the Arctic saved later. The first capture Elias ‘The Sharky’ under the control of Captains sperm whale, by the mid18th Nevaeh and Carina. Emily ‘The Oreo’ century. Herman Melville’s classic novel Moby Dick (1851) was Scarleth ‘The Skittles’ Ms. Roderick and Ian are leading inspired in part by the Story of the their ships, ‘The Sprinkles’ and Essex. Gabriella ‘The CoCo’ ‘The Bentley’ through the North Atlantic Ocean, in search of Right The End. Nevaeh ‘The Dolphin’ Whales. CHARLES W. MORGAN. Carina ‘Cookie Crumb’ ADVERTISEMENTS. Written By Gabriella Ms Roderick ‘The Sprinkles’ LEANOR CISNEROS The last wooden whale ship went back to sea at the Mystic Seaport. Ian ‘The Bentley’ She needed to get fixed up and it took five years. After that, she went on her 38th voyage. This whale ship was the last of the ‘The Batman’ and ‘The Flamingo’ whale ships that sailed for 200 departed from New Bedford last year. The Morgan is the oldest year and headed for the Azores, commercial ship still afloat. The where they replenished supplies Morgan embarked on 37 voyages and men. with most lasting three years or Whale Oil for Sale! more. ‘The Reese’s’ and ‘The Oreo Ice From the Blue whale. Cream’ are on the final stage of Good to light lamps! their four year voyage. The ships New Bedford MA are reported to be heading home from the Pacific Ocean. ‘The Sharky’ left New Bedford two years ago for Cape Verde. ‘The Oreo’ departed from New Bedford in 1857 and is traveling through the Pacific. The Weekly Whaler - 1 The Weekly Whaler PUBLISHED BY MS. RODERICK’S LINCOLN ELEMENTARY 21ST CENTURY 3rd GRADE CLASS. No. 11. Vol. XVll. SUNDAY, JULY 8, 1860. (Two Dollars per annum, ( Payable in advance. Captain Asas’, ‘The Batman’. Captain Carina’s, ‘The Cookie Crumb’. The Weekly Whaler - 2 The Weekly Whaler PUBLISHED BY MS. RODERICK’S LINCOLN ELEMENTARY 21ST CENTURY 3rd GRADE CLASS. No. 11. Vol. XVll. SUNDAY, JULY 8, 1860. (Two Dollars per annum, ( Payable in advance. Captain Emily’s, ‘The Oreo’. Captain Gabriella’s, ‘The CoCo’. The Weekly Whaler - 3 The Weekly Whaler PUBLISHED BY MS. RODERICK’S LINCOLN ELEMENTARY 21ST CENTURY 3rd GRADE CLASS. No. 11. Vol. XVll. SUNDAY, JULY 8, 1860. (Two Dollars per annum, ( Payable in advance. Captain Kayanda’s, ‘The Oreo Ice Cream’. Captain Scarleth’s, ‘The Skittles’. The Weekly Whaler - 4 The Weekly Whaler PUBLISHED BY MS. RODERICK’S LINCOLN ELEMENTARY 21ST CENTURY 3rd GRADE CLASS. No. 11. Vol. XVll. SUNDAY, JULY 8, 1860. (Two Dollars per annum, ( Payable in advance. Captain Serena’s, ‘The Flamingo’. Captain Elias’, ‘The Sharky’. The Weekly Whaler - 5 The Weekly Whaler PUBLISHED BY MS. RODERICK’S LINCOLN ELEMENTARY 21ST CENTURY 3rd GRADE CLASS. No. 11. Vol. XVll. SUNDAY, JULY 8, 1860. (Two Dollars per annum, ( Payable in advance. ALL ABOUT WHALES. Ocean, along the coast of Alaska and Japan during Spring and Summer. Whalers brought back WHY DO WE WHALE? valuable information and objects from many different cultural Written By Gabriella groups. People hunted whales for their oil. Blue Whale The oil was made for lighting WHALING IN NEW ENGLAND. houses up and for waterproofing cloth. In the 1800’s when The Written By Scarleth USA was building factories, they TOOTHED WHALES. In the history of whaling in New used oil to loosen up the England begins in the arrival of machines. They used the Baleen Written By Carina Europeans in the 1800’s. Until the to make corsets and skirt hoops. early 1700s, people hunted whales Some other things Baleen was Toothed whales use echolocation on land in a process called shore used for are, brooms, brushes, because it helps them find each whaling. Whales would be seen horse carriage whips, riding crops. other and find food to eat. It from watchtowers on the beach. The Whale bones were used for sounds like, “tick, tick, tick” or “bo, Stations were found in places such carving and for fashion items. bo, bo”. The noises bounce off as Great Island, in Well Fleet objects and create vibrations Harbor, in what is now the town of WHAT ARE WHALES? through their jaws. Toothed Dennis. When the whales went whales have only one blowhole, close to shore, men rowed out in Written By Kyanda while Baleen whales have two. small boats, and harpooned a There are 65 species of toothed Whales are the biggest animals in whale and tossed it back to shore. whales. Toothed whales hunt for the world. Whales are mammals. On shore, the dead whale would food. They go after fish, squid, They are even bigger than the have the blubber removed. Then crabs, etc. biggest dinosaur. Probably whales the blubber could be tried or could walk on land, a long time rendered and also be boiled to ago. Blue whales can be 150 tons release oil. be 100 feet in length. Humpback The end, from the 1700s. whales are pretty big too, weighing about 45 tons. FISH FOR SALE BALEEN WHALES. Sperm Whale Written By Elias Baleen whales eat small stuff in the water called Krill and Plankton. WHERE DID PEOPLE GO They use Baleen instead of teeth for eating. It was made out of WHALING? Keratin. The Baleen hangs from Written By Asa the upper jaw. Baleen whales have many plates in their mouths. By the 1850’s whales in the North There are ten kinds of Baleen Atlantic were difficult to find. Ships whales. They are the largest would hunt along the coasts of animals. They can catch and eat 75 cents for one Australia, New Zealand, South Krill that are only a few 90 cents for 2 America, between October and centimeters long. Good Food! February. The whaled in the Arctic The Weekly Whaler - 6 The Weekly Whaler PUBLISHED BY MS. RODERICK’S LINCOLN ELEMENTARY 21ST CENTURY 3rd GRADE CLASS. No. 11. Vol. XVll. SUNDAY, JULY 8, 1860. (Two Dollars per annum, ( Payable in advance. WHAT IS A WHALE? needed to go to places with more PHOTO GALLERY. whales like Antarctica. Written By Asa Germany, Iceland, Japan, Norway, Whales are mammals. There Russia and other nations kept toothed and baleen whales. hunting whales. They used new Whales eat fish and plankton. The technology like catcher boats. blue whale is the biggest. Whales Also, factory ships were used to can live longer than people. catch and find whales. These Origami Whale Baleen whales have two blow places allowed whalers to hunt holes and toothed whales have other species of such as Blue one. 50 people can sit on the blue Whales, which previously had not whale. been hunted in a long time. The 1930’s has seen the most killed whales ever. In 1946 the United States and fourteen other countries made the International Whaling Commission, to set the number of whales allowed to be killed each year. Whaling Ship Rope The end! SERENA Sperm Oil for Sale. BOREDOM ON THE SHIP. 60 cents per lb. Good for making: Written By Elias Soap, Perfume, Candles. Contact Ken Boredom on ship. Whaling ends. New Bedford Some times a day and months in the middle. Ships often spent Whale Ship Sails their days employed on the ship. ELIAS THE END OF WHALING. Looking for Green Hands for Written By Scarleth crew members on the Whaling ship, ‘Sharky’. They invented electricity in the late 1800’s. That meant they didn’t Contact Elias. need Oil lamps anymore. Oil was easier to get on land than in sea. New Bedford Ladies stopped wearing corsets and hoop skirts because they Whale Statue invented un-waisted dresses in the 1920’s. So Baleen was not needed anymore. It took more time to kill a whale because ships The Weekly Whaler - 7 The Weekly Whaler PUBLISHED BY MS. RODERICK’S LINCOLN ELEMENTARY 21ST CENTURY 3rd GRADE CLASS. No. 11. Vol. XVll. SUNDAY, JULY 8, 1860. (Two Dollars per annum, ( Payable in advance. CAPTAIN EDWARD CAPTAIN SPOTLIGHT. CARINA PENNIMAN OF EASTHAM. CAPTAIN SAMUEL Written By Emily LAWRENCE OF FALMOUTH. Edward Penniman began his Written By Serena career on the sea at age 11 as a fishing boat cook. Edward Samuel Lawrence started as a mate on two other ships. He Penniman was born on August 16, became a captain of the Lafayette 1831. Edward Penniman and Addison. He took his wife and embarked on his first whaling trip Oil for Sale. at the age of 21 by then he was 29 daughter on a whaling voyage. 40 cents per lb. Samuel’s wife Mary kept a record so he became a captain. He and Oil from the Blue whale his wife Betsy had three children. at sea. When Samuel retired he New Bedford Some time his family would go on continued to command other ships. the voyage to accompany him. Between 1860 through 1883, he CAPTAIN THOMAS H.