NE U.S. Travel

© Sallie Schaaf Borrink

Nantucket Whaling Museum

  1. Barbara Rogers
  2. franfolsom

Reply   Post   Top
1.   Oct 8, 2006 2:17 PM

» Feature Writer Barbara Rogers - Nantucket whale skeleton


That's fascinating about the skeleton -- how they prepared it and all. I have only seen a small whale sketeton that is displayed on the beach at Furteventura, in the Canary Islands, where it was found. But a sperm whale must be really impressive.
Suite101
Feature Writer Barbara Rogers
Feature Writer for S Europe Travel

Permalink Print Discussion Print Discussion Email Discussion Email Discussion Suite101: Nantucket Whaling Museum How to subscribe to feeds
Reply   Post   Top
2.   Oct 8, 2006 3:00 PM

» franfolsom - Nantucket whale skeleton

In response to Nantucket whale skeleton posted by ciaomondo:


The whale skeleton is huge, very impressive. The cleaning of it was a 4 year multi million dollar process. Well worth it as the sperm whale was what put Nantucket on the map 200+ years ago. Today there are fewer than 500 sperm whales in existence.

-- posted by franfolsom

Permalink Print Discussion Print Discussion Email Discussion Email Discussion Suite101: Nantucket Whaling Museum How to subscribe to feeds

Please follow the guidelines set forth in the Suite101 Posting Etiquette when adding to the discussion.