12022-06-01T20:46:14+00:00Jordan Goffin051e893d1adf4975a3ccfe543e6b32c8bf77482d16plain2023-04-19T14:54:38+00:00Jordan Goffin051e893d1adf4975a3ccfe543e6b32c8bf77482dDaily life on board a whaling vessel combined long periods of relative boredom—days of sailing to reach the whaling grounds left many of the crew with abundant leisure time—with frenetic, brutal, periods in which a whale was hunted, chased, killed and slaughtered over the course of a few days*. The daily routine for the crew of the Eunice H. Adams' 1887 voyage was more strenuous and unpleasant than many because the ship was damaged less than two months out of port and sprung leaks that required the crew to constantly manage bilge pumps for an entire year.
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12022-06-01T20:46:14+00:00Jordan Goffin051e893d1adf4975a3ccfe543e6b32c8bf77482dWhaling in the 19th CenturyJordan Goffin6plain2024-03-25T20:42:28+00:00Jordan Goffin051e893d1adf4975a3ccfe543e6b32c8bf77482d
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12023-01-23T19:51:54+00:00New Bedford Whaling Museum, "Life Aboard"3More information about the daily life aboard a whaling vessel is available on this page from the New Bedford Whaling Museum's website.plain2023-04-18T17:21:02+00:00