Episode 520: The Tragedy of the Essex Part I - Thar She Blows!
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Whale Ship Shares - Is That Really You?
The Essex was severely under provisioned when it set out because it was accepted practice to nearly starve sailors for years at a time. The whalers of Nantucket also took every opportunity to fuck over anyone who came in from the outside to join the whaling life. Once a green hand went to sign up for a voyage, no one told them about any of the pitfalls and as a rule they did not mean more wages than all experienced sailors knew.
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