HISTORY 1 - How the whales were saved by a discovery in New Brunswick
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Early societies used whale oil widely in oil lamps and to make soap and other products. The oil was
obtained from blubber harvested from whales in a process known as "flensing" and boiled in a process
called "trying out"
.
When whales were caught close to shore or beached, the boiling was generally done on land, but on longer deep-sea whaling expeditions, it was done on the ship and the carcass was discarded at sea.
The oil of baleen whales, the preferred source of oil, is exclusively composed of triglycerides, whereas that of toothed whales contains wax esters.
The bowhead whale and right whale were considered the ideal whaling targets since they are slow and docile and they float when killed. They yield plenty of high-quality oil and whalebone and as a result, they were hunted nearly to extinction.
obtained from blubber harvested from whales in a process known as "flensing" and boiled in a process
called "trying out"
.
When whales were caught close to shore or beached, the boiling was generally done on land, but on longer deep-sea whaling expeditions, it was done on the ship and the carcass was discarded at sea.
The oil of baleen whales, the preferred source of oil, is exclusively composed of triglycerides, whereas that of toothed whales contains wax esters.
The bowhead whale and right whale were considered the ideal whaling targets since they are slow and docile and they float when killed. They yield plenty of high-quality oil and whalebone and as a result, they were hunted nearly to extinction.
