Commercial Whaling Images and Stock Photos

Close encounter with a group of humpback whales in the waters off the west coast of Graham Land in the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.

Once a thriving whaling station, Deception Island sits abandoned now., rusting in the cold antarctic atmosphere

OSAKA, JAPAN, November 23 2014 :the whale meat is for sale in Kuromon market in Osaka market. International Whaling Commission has banned commercial whale hunting since 1986, making an exception for scientific research that why it is still have the whale meat in japan market

Whaler with harpoon and blue whale

gub on whaling ship in the harbour of Stamsund, northern Norway,

Old historic Whaling Station Whale Oil Storage Tanks in the old former Whale Hunter Settlement of Grytviken (Cauldron Bay) on South Georgia Island, British Antarctic Survey Station. South Georgia, British Overseas Territory, Sub-Antarctic Island, Antarctica

Middle-aged man playing captain on a boat stranded on an Icelandic beach in the midnight sun

The Fairhaven, MA waterfront. Several large commercial fishing vessels are visible. Fairhaven is across the harbor from New Bedford. It is part of the largest commercial fishing port in the US by revenue with an annual catch of $450 million, mostly from sea scallops. New Bedford, MA 07/30/2021

Pier 3 on the New Bedford, MA waterfront. Several large commercial fishing vessels are in the foreground, with the New Bedford Whaling National Historic Park district and downtown buildings in the background. New Bedford is the largest commercial fishing port in the US by revenue with an annual catch of $450 million, mostly from sea scallops. New Bedford, MA 07/30/2021

Whaling phishing attack concept icon. Steal high-profile person data. Cyber criminal abstract idea thin line illustration. Isolated outline drawing. Editable stroke. Arial, Myriad Pro-Bold fonts used

Deception Island, Antarctica - January, 7 2009: A tourist, on Deception Island off the Antarctic Peninsula, walks among the historic boilers used in the shore based whaling operations from the 1920's.

South Georgia -Stromness is a former whaling station in the Stromness Bay on the north coast of South Georgia in the South Atlantic. The station gained historic importance when Ernest Shackleton's journey in an open boat across the Scoti Lake in 1916 found a happy ending.

Former Grytviken whaling station, King Edward Cove, South Georgia, South Georgia and the Sandwich Islands, Antarctica

Close-up view of two on one another Austria-Hungary thalers, avers and revers of golden coin-ducats from 1915 with Kaiser Franz Joseph I, leaning on treasure chest and dark environment

This harpoon and gun is at The Shore, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland and was used by a ship involved in the whaling industry that set sail from Leith

"Whale meat for sale in South Korean market, Pusan, South Korea. Photo taken with Nikon F90."

View from above of Telefon Bay in Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula.

Vintage engraving of Whale hunting, 19th Century, boat overturned by a whale. Dangers of the whale fishery

Deception Island, Antarctica - December 17, 2019. visitors explore an abandoned Norwegian whaling station on Antarctica's Deception Island. In 1911, a permanent station was built to process whale blubber into oil but it closed 20 years later when the whales were wiped out from the area.

Whaling ship on the waves. The ship is hunting a whale. Industrial fishing symbol

View of the church at Grytviken behind the blubber tanks.

Businessperson using laptop computer.

"Kagoshima City, Japan - April 27, 2008: Whaling ship Nisshin Maru, berths at a whaling festival in Kagoshima, Japan. This is a whale processing factory ship. People can be seen lined up for a tour of the vessel."

Whaling, Whalers harpooning a whale in the Artic Seas, for lamp oil, vintage illustration, woodcut, 19th Century 1850s

Ernest Shackletons funerary stele under snow, Grytviken cemetery, King Edward Cove, South Georgia, South Georgia and the Sandwich Islands, Antarctica

Ruined remains of whaling station destroyed by a volcano eruption, Deception Island, Antarctica. High quality photo

Old historic stranded Whaling Shipwreck with Front Whaling Harpoon at the Beach of Grytviken, South Georgia, British Antarctic Survey Station. South Georgia, British Overseas Territory, Sub-Antarctic Island, Antarctica

Abandoned Old Whaling Station Stromness. Old whaling Shipwreck stranded at the beach of South Georgia. Rusty Old Whale Oil Tanks and abandonned rotting warehousea in the background. Stromness, old whaling industrial harbour on South Georgia Island. South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, British Overseas Territories, UK

Traditional Sailboat Ship Building. Green meadow with the construction frame of traditional wooden sailboat. Personal Editing.

Illustration from 19th century

Lahaina, HI, USA - 03.09.2023 - Front Street in Lahaina (Maui) on a Sunny Day

Ship Color Line Icon. Editable Stroke. Vector illustration.

Lahaina, HI, USA - 03.09.2023 - Old Lahaina Courthouse on Lahaina Harbor in Maui - Lahaina, HI

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South Georgia -Grytviken is a settlement on the island of South Georgia, part of a British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic.

Illustration from 19th century.

Shipwreck at Grytviken

Deception Island

Once used for dragging whales from the boat into the processing factory at Grytviken, these chains now lay disused

Rusting tanks from the whaling era in Grytviken, South Georgia, sub-Antarctic

A pile of whale bones provides a reminder of the region's past - Whaling station, Grytviken, South Georgia.

Historic old old (from the year 1912) early 20th century industrial whale oil pumps rotting and rusting at the beach of Grytviken South Georgia. Abandoned whaling station whale oil pump of Grytviken. Mountain Range and snowcapped Glaciers of South Georgia in the background. Historic old industrial Whaling Station Panorama. Grytviken, South Georgia Island, Sub Antarctic Islands, British Overseas Territories, UK

Old almost torn ship ropes on fisher boat wreck in former whaling station Grytviken in South Georgia Antarctica

Old almost torn ship ropes on fisher boat wreck in former whaling station Grytviken in South Georgia Antarctica

old stormness whaling station in South Georgia

Cheynes IV at Cheynes Beach Whaling Station, Albany, Western Australia, Australia

Edgartown, Massachusetts. Town seal painted on the side of a police car showing a large whaling ship departing from Martha's Vineyard, with the emblem displayed on the vehicle door

"Kagoshima City, Japan - April 27, 2008: Whaling ship Yushin Maru, berths at a whaling festival in Kagoshima, Japan. It is a harpoon ship."

Shipwreck at Grytviken

Hawaii Islands, Dusk, Famous Place, Island, Maui

Vintage engraving of Whale hunting, 19th Century, Harpooning the whale

"A Stamp printed in USA shows the Whaling Ship Charles W. Morgan, Mystic, Connecticut, Historic Preservation issue, circa 1971"

"Kagoshima City, Japan - April 27, 2008: A band performs at a Japanese Whaling Festival with whaling factory ship Nisshin Maru in the background."