Logbooks from the New England whaling industry contain meticulous descriptions of 19th century weather. Local researchers are now using those records to fill in gaps in modern climate science.

The New Bedford Whaling Museum has documented and celebrated the whale’s distinct place in New England culture for over 100 years. ... and the last New England whaling ship was sent out in 1927.

Most of the crew of a whaling ship sets out in smaller boats to pursue their prey. Only four crew members are left behind, ...

New England's ports are reinventing themselves to compete with one another and from larger ones, but they were once legendary. From one of the world's great whaling ports to the Navy's first ...

GLOBE MAGAZINE The extraordinary lives of New England’s Black whaling captains These captains of color sailed the world and became wealthy. But their legacies, largely overlooked in New England ...

"People think that whaling is just a New England story and don't realize that whaling products found their way into nearly every American home in the mid-1800s, and that whaling itself was also ...

A whaling logbook at the Providence Public Library. New England researchers are using information from the logs to study how weather patterns have evolved.

Look no further than beautiful New England for your next getaway! In addition to an abundance of historical sites, there’s no ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – New England’s ports are reinventing themselves to compete with one another and with larger ones, but they were once legendary. From one of the world’s great whaling ports ...

A scientific mystery is unfolding in the archives of New England's whaling industry, involving a historical shift in critical wind patterns that scientists say could document long-term evidence of ...