
Episode 520: The Tragedy of the Essex Part I - Thar She Blows!
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The Whales
The story of the Donner party was wrapped up in the frontier exploration of the mid 19th century. Study suggests PTSD suffered by some whalers back in the 19th century is very similar to the sort that soldiers have been experiencing since time immemorial. At its core, whaling is close range hunting on the open sea. It's something closer to a battle. Furthermore, you're in what is basically a large rowboat and you're going up against the largest creature to ever exist in Earth's history. And then they talk about how the way they talk because it's just wind and I don't have any confidence in theWind changes every five seconds. They don't know
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