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Description: Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial. Get 1 audiobook and unlimited Audible Original monthly downloads absolutely free. Visit audible.com/mortician or text mortician to 500 500. Whale, whale, whale, what do we have here? Thank you Patron deathlings, who helped make this possible! patreon.com/thegooddeath Sponsorship by Audible allows us to make contributions to: Center for Whale Research whaleresearch.com First Nations Development Institute, COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund firstnations.org/covid-19-emergency-response-fund ***WAYS TO SUPPORT AND GROW OUR MOVEMENT*** Join our community of deathlings and support Ask a Mortician: patreon.com/thegooddeath Support the education and advocacy efforts of The Order of the Good Death: bit.ly/3iaz9jN Shop our advocacy wear: the-order-of-the-good-death.myshopify.com ***MORE DEATH CONTENT & RESOURCES*** Books: caitlindoughty.com/books MORTAL course: mortalcourse.com Our podcast on iTunes: apple.co/2yK6c6G Spotify: spoti.fi/2QZEVEM Google Play: bit.ly/2AdEvoj The Order of the Good Death – articles, resources, updates, and more: orderofthegooddeath.com ***SOCIALS*** Order Instagram: instagram.com/ordergooddeath Caitlin Instagram: instagram.com/thegooddeath Order Twitter: twitter.com/OrderGoodDeath ***CREDITS*** Mortician: Caitlin Doughty Producer & Writer: Louise Hung (@LouiseHung1) Editor & Graphics: Landis Blair (@landisblair) This video was significantly informed by the excellent research done by Nathaniel Philbrick in his book, "In the Heart of the Sea". Thank you Mr. Philbrick for your insight, scholarship, and for telling this whale of a tale! ***MUSIC*** Minima by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1200053 Artist: incompetech.com ***SELECTED SOURCES*** In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex Philbrick, Nathaniel. Viking Penguin. New York, 2000. "The True-Life Horror That Inspired Moby Dick" smithsonianmag.com/history/the-true-life-horror-that-inspired-moby-dick-17576 New Bedford Whaling Museum whalingmuseum.org/learn/research-topics/overview-of-north-american-whaling Nantucket's First Peoples of Color nha.org/wp-content/uploads/PUB-Other-Islanders-1aWamp1o2.pdf "Whaling the Old Way" neh.gov/humanities/2010/marchapril/feature/whaling-the-old-way "Protecting whales to protect the planet" unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/protecting-whales-protect-planet "This is what happens to your body as you die of dehydration" popsci.com/dehydration-death-thirst-water