(Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World)

Content: Examine the American whaling industry from its 17th-century origins in drift and shore whaling off the coast of New England and Cape Cod, through the golden age of deep ocean whaling, the tragedy of the Essex, and the career of Moby Dick's Herman Melville, and on to its demise in the decades following the American Civil War.

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Genres:

Documentary,

History

Runtime:

120 minutes

Year:

2010

Directors:

Ric Burns

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Production companies:

Steeplechase Films

Actors:

Narrator

Herman Melville (voice)

Owen Chase & Peleg Folger (voice)

Thomas Nickerson (voice)

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