Talk:Whaling disaster of 1871

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A fact from Whaling disaster of 1871 appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 April 2008, and was viewed approximately 7,200 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that seven whaling ships escaped the Whaling Disaster of 1871, but were forced to abandon their catch in order to accommodate 1,219 people from 33 other ships trapped in ice off the Alaskan coast?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2008/April.

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What is the name of the one vessel that was later salvaged in 1872? --74.13.125.31 (talk) 21:01, 7 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The bark Minerva - it was in the table, but I added it into the text with a citation. Thanks for pointing that out.Cbaer (talk) 22:55, 7 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"Death blow"

It might be advisable to rephrase or cite for "It dealt a death blow to the American whaling industry" - History of whaling indicates the practice went on at least until later in that decade, if not the next. Maybe even a sentence or two at the end of the article on the wider impact of the disaster? Biruitorul (talk) 21:41, 9 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Quite right - that phrase has been bothering me as well. I'm going to go ahead and soften that a little bit.Cbaer (talk) 22:53, 9 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Except, that phrase is entirely supported by the literature on the subject and is accurate. Viriditas (talk) 00:31, 20 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The American open-boat whaling industry continued for another five decades. That's one long "death blow". It's an exaggeration at best. SaberToothedWhale (talk) 19:43, 4 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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