This book explores the role whales have played in history, the human imagination, and the oceans themselves. The largest animals to have lived on earth, whales ... » 

This book explores the role whales have played in history, the human imagination, and the oceans themselves. The largest animals to have lived on earth, whales inspire awe: the longest individual on record measured more than 33 metres. Whales can also inspire greed. At the height of industrial whaling, more than 60,000 whales were removed from the oceans each year. Whaleshows how our pewrceptions and relationships regarding this animal have changed over the centuries. «