034_I_am_whaling
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10/02/16 • 15 min
At the start of the twentieth century whaling in the Southern Ocean was on the uptick. The players and mechanisms in play held considerable sway in geographic outcomes, with claims and counter claims taking on a new urgency once the parties operating in the south had some oil in the game.
At the start of the twentieth century whaling in the Southern Ocean was on the uptick. The players and mechanisms in play held considerable sway in geographic outcomes, with claims and counter claims taking on a new urgency once the parties operating in the south had some oil in the game.
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