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Whaling

The curious story of Milford Haven

Milford Haven is the name of both a town and a natural harbor set in the rolling hills of southern Wales some 250 miles west of London.

She was the first whaleship ever sunk by her prey. But that’s not why she’s remembered.

The exacting, colorful, and often perilous career of a whaleman of the last century is known to most readers only through such fiction a Moby Dick .
The Pacific Ocean is vast and lonely.

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