Picture this: Youre an apprentice seaman on a whaler, and youre taking your first ever voyage. Just as youre sailing deeper into the ocean, your ship is attacked by a sperm whale, and it swallows you whole. Yikes! But after two days in its belly, youre finally rescued, and found alive!
So, it was the middle of February in 1891; James Bartley was just 21 years old and was ready to start his training as a seaman on a whaler. While onboard his first whaling ship in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean, they spotted a huge Sperm whale. It was about 0. 5 a mile away from the ship, and they were getting closer. The closer they got to the beast, the larger it became Date: 2022-04-19
