The ship's Captain Ahab is seeking to find the great,white whale that destroyed his former ship and bit off his leg.

VOA: special.2010.06.11

After the whale was dead, the sailors would then slowly and with great effort take it all the way back to the ship.

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The first sculpture that greets visitors looks like the skeleton of a huge whale.

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The fourteen meter-long skeletal remains of a sperm whale hang directly above it.

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It looked a little like a mother whale swimming with its baby.

VOA: special.2010.07.07

The animals are the second largest shark, after whale sharks.

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The more I thought of it the more I realized that any hole in the ground that could house such a gigantic army of bats must be a whale of a big cave .

VOA: special.2009.12.07

"The more I thought of it the more I realized that any hole in the ground that could house such a gigantic army of bats must be a whale of a big cave ...

VOA: special.2011.04.11

A foundling to start with,he would flourish later on as his powers waxed and his worth was proved, In the end each clan on the outlying coasts beyond the whale-road had to yield to him and begin to pay tribute.That was one good king.

VOA: special.2011.01.05

Eric, you stood up once,and it was a foam board. But there's whale watching, too.Come with us.

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In recent years environmentalists have attempted to disrupt Japan's annual whale hunt in the icy Southern Ocean.

VOA: standard.2010.01.06

Tokyo says it kills hundreds of whales each year in the Antarctic for scientific research to determine the status and size of whale populations.

VOA: standard.2010.01.06

Critics,including the Australian government, say the research argument is a cover for the sale and consumption of whale meat, which is banned under international regulations.

VOA: standard.2010.01.06

He thinks it will show that Japan's arguments for whale hunting are misguided.

VOA: standard.2010.01.05

Visitors can see examples of northern people's clothing, transportation and art including sculpture made from soapstone, whale bone and caribou horn as well as view native diamond polishing.

VOA: standard.2010.02.19

Critics,including the Australian and New Zealand governments, say such arguments are a cover for the sale and consumption of whale meat, which is banned under an international moratorium on commercial hunting.

VOA: standard.2010.01.05