{"id":122,"date":"2008-01-31T11:35:29","date_gmt":"2008-01-31T16:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmiper.com\/?p=122"},"modified":"2011-02-23T10:39:37","modified_gmt":"2011-02-23T15:39:37","slug":"of-whales-and-whaling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cmiper.com\/?p=122","title":{"rendered":"Of Whales and Whaling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-122-1' class='gallery gallery-122'>\n\t\t\t\t<div class='gallery-row gallery-clear'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dl class='gallery-item col-4'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon'><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cmiper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/w1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cmiper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/w1.jpg?fit=180%2C120&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cmiper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/w1.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, 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src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cmiper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/w3.jpg?fit=144%2C180&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cmiper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/w3.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cmiper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/w3.jpg?resize=400%2C500&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" data-attachment-id=\"120\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cmiper.com\/?attachment_id=120\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cmiper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/w3.jpg?fit=640%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Harpoon Smith\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cmiper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/w3.jpg?fit=640%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .gallery -->\n\n<p>Inspired by Moby Dick, which was written and based in this city.\u00a0 The photos are all from the downtown are, where the history of whaling still lingers today.\u00a0 The statue of the whale&#8217;s tail is located at the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Bedford_Whaling_Museum\" target=\"_blank\">New Bedford Whaling Museum<\/a>, which is part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Bedford_Whaling_National_Historical_Park\" target=\"_blank\">Whaling National Historical Park<\/a>.\u00a0 The statues of the harpooneer and smith are located in the center of the park at a federal building.\u00a0 The <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seamen's_Bethel\" target=\"_blank\">Seamen&#8217;s Bethel<\/a> was the church of the whalers, and later went on to become the church of the fishermen and sailors.\u00a0 This was the church that Melville wrote about in Moby Dick, and it is still used to date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inspired by Moby Dick, which was written and based in this city.\u00a0 The photos are all from the downtown are, where the history of whaling still lingers today.\u00a0 The statue of the whale&#8217;s tail is located at the New Bedford Whaling Museum, which is part of the Whaling National Historical Park.\u00a0 The statues of 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