Whale Bones At Whitby by Fred255
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Between the years 1753 and 1833. 55 sailing ships from Whitby were engaged in whaling. Many Whitby men were killed, boats overturned and ships crushed.
Slender whale boats were lowered from the sailing ships, each manned by a crew of six. These crew men would kill the whales with hand thrown harpoons.
During this period over 25, 000 seals 55 polar bears and 2761 whales were brought back to Whitby.
Little is now left to remind us of these prosperous days, other than this pair of whale jaw bones. To perpetuate the memory of these hard times, Thor of Norway presented this whale jaw bone arch to Whitby in 1963.
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Comments (8)
rainbows
A wonderful sight and a crackin' shot. Hugs. Spider. xx
mairekas
Great compo and view!
GBCalls
Excellent photo and wonderful information to match.
babuci
Great compo to frame a ruins up there.
bmac62
Neat POV with the ruins in the background too.
petercp
I'm gob smacked! that's without doubt a very interesting photograph and the background is fascinating although the seaweed on the shoreline would be a little overpowering at times, I was bought up on the coast.
lucindawind
wow fascinating .what a lovely town !
ontar1
Fantastic find and excellent capture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!