v Whaling Crews
Whaling Vessels carried boats, and the number of boats determined the crew size. If the whale vessel carried only two boats, the crew was made of 13 or 14 people. If the vessel carried more boats, the crew size corresponded.
Whalers were paid depending on their job. For instance, captains received 1 / 12 of the value of the materials that the vessel brought in. The unskilled crew hand( the cook, etc.) received 1 / 175, and cabin boys as little as 1 / 3500. The other members were paid according to experience and position.
A whaling crew from the past poses for their crew picture.
● Whaling could benefit people, because many things essential to daily life came from whales.
● Whales were used for many things. o The oil from the blubber was used as fuel to light lamps.
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Special oil from the heads of sperm whales were used as lubricants for clocks. It helped them keep ticking, and not get stuck.
o You know the things that squeezed the ladies around the waist to make them look skinny? They also made their dresses look puffy, like princesses. They are called corsets. Guess what! They were made out of baleen( a strong but flexible material in the mouths of baleen whales,
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