Whaling is something that humans have engaged in for thousands of years.

For most of that time, indigenous groups conducted it on a small scale for survival purposes.

Over time, whaling became commercialized, the annual whale harvest exploded, and whaling became a cornerstone of the early industrial revolution. 

Alas, it couldn’t last forever.

Learn more about whaling, its rise, and its fall, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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