EP-11 The Horrors of the Real Moby Dick AKA The Whale Ship Essex
06/12/23 • 42 min
Everyone but Gianna knows of Moby Dick by Herman Melville but not everyone knows why it was written or the disaster it was inspired by.
On November 20, 1820, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the American whaling ship known as the Essex was rammed by a sperm whale which led to the sinking of the ship. All 20 crewmen initially survived the sinking but months later, only 8 men were rescued.
On February 18, after 89 days at sea, the last three men on the first mates sketchy whale boat were rescued, a week later the remaining surviving crew members in the Captain's boat were rescued.
The men were barely alive at the time of their rescue, what followed the sinking of the whale ship Essex was a demonstration of just how much the human body can take with the co-start of ~cannibalism~
Everyone but Gianna knows of Moby Dick by Herman Melville but not everyone knows why it was written or the disaster it was inspired by.
On November 20, 1820, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the American whaling ship known as the Essex was rammed by a sperm whale which led to the sinking of the ship. All 20 crewmen initially survived the sinking but months later, only 8 men were rescued.
On February 18, after 89 days at sea, the last three men on the first mates sketchy whale boat were rescued, a week later the remaining surviving crew members in the Captain's boat were rescued.
The men were barely alive at the time of their rescue, what followed the sinking of the whale ship Essex was a demonstration of just how much the human body can take with the co-start of ~cannibalism~
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