Episode 521: The Tragedy of the Essex Part II - A Belly Full of Blood
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You Don't Eat Every Bird That You Come Across.
The crew of the Essex went for salvaging food at sea. The best they could do was scrape the bottoms of their whale boats for goose neck barnacles. When all hope seemed lost, a young sailor named William Wright was heard to shout, "Land ho! Get off the boat!"
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