Given our local history, it's not hard to imagine one of the old whaling ships driving hard through the South Pacific. Since we tend to think of sailing as a summertime thing, maybe it would be a good ...

What can centuries-old whaling ship logs tell us about today’s extreme weather? According to scientists, the answer is a lot. They’re using the information recorded by mariners going back hundreds of ...

A whaling ship that sank nearly two centuries ago after it was damaged in a storm was recently found on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ...

Old whaling ship logbooks in a local library may offer up new insight into climate change. An unlikely project is unfolding at the Providence Public Library. Local historians and scientists are ...