WHALES PERFORMING / WHALING REVISED

Beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) remains placed on the sea floor for an experiment investigating metabolism of bone by invertebrates. When whale carcasses sink to the sea floor in nature it is known as whale fall, though this term is usually used when this occurs in the deep sea. Whale carcasses create localised ecosystems as they provide a substantial amount of carbon and nutrients in regions where these resources are otherwise typically scarce. The whale used in this experiment died naturally. Filmed at a depth of 30 metres at White Sea Biological Station, Great Salma Strait, White Sea, Russia.

Men examine a dead beached whale. View of dead whale from different angles. Cameraman wades through water. Crowd around dead whale. A boy stands on whale. Men look at tail fins of whale. Man poses near dead whale. Location: United States USA. Date: 1936.

[Harpoon Gun Used to Shoot 85-ton Whale]

MONTAGE VARIOUS WHALES, HARMLESS GRAY WHALE, KILLER WHALE

Unites States, 1970s: whales in sea. Whale breaches in water. Whale dives under water. Whale fluke

Whaling in New Jersey

A happy ending to a near tradgedy off the Massachusetts Coast... Coast Guard crews... along with officials from the Center for Coastal Studies, and the National Marine Fisheries Service... were able to free a north Atlantic right whale, which had become entangled in fishing gear. The crew of a fishing boat spotted the 45-foot, 55-ton adult whale in trouble on Tuesday. The rescue was the first for the Center's new rapid response team. There are only 300 North Atlantic right whales still in existence.

White Whales in the Eskimo Lakes of Canada's Northwest Territory. White Whale in small water opening of lake, ice bounds the water opening. Men stand and watch fishes. A man drills hole in snow to allow Whales to breathe. Herd of Whales in water. Location: Canada. Date: January 19, 1967.

SPERM WHALE SOUNDS. CU SPERM WHALE.

WHALING / WHALES / BEAUTY SHOTS

Man harpooning a whale

[San Francisco: Dead Whale Opens Seafood Season]

Film relating to the Perano family whaling operation located in the Marlborough Sounds. Whaling in the Cook Strait - a whaler harpoons and hand-bombs a whale

Diver recording beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) remains placed on the sea floor for an experiment investigating metabolism of bone by invertebrates. When whale carcasses sink to the sea floor in nature it is known as whale fall, though this term is usually used when this occurs in the deep sea. Whale carcasses create localised ecosystems as they provide a substantial amount of carbon and nutrients in regions where these resources are otherwise typically scarce. The whale used in this experiment died naturally. Filmed at a depth of 30 metres at White Sea Biological Station, Great Salma Strait, White Sea, Russia.

Whale carcasses processed in Chile