The city of Sandefjord, Norway, was once an important whaling port. For many years, ships hunting whales sailed forth from Sandefjord to the icy waters of the Antarctic. High in the crow's nest of a...
Dolphins and porpoises
The dolphin fuhn) and the porpoise puhs) are really small whales. Both belong to the large group of whales called toothed whales. Most people can't tell a dolphin from a porpoise. But there is an...
Whale families
Whales belong to a group of mammals called cetaceans (suh shuhnz). The name means \"large sea animal." There are about seventy-five kinds of whales. They are divided into two groups. Those called...
Giants of the sea
It was a bright July day. The calm sea off the northern coast of Norway sparkled in the sunlight. A flock of birds wheeled overhead. Suddenly an enormous, dripping, dark-gray shape shot up out of...
The whalers
\"Thar she blows!" That was the cry that sent the men of an old-time whaling ship into action---the cry that meant a whale had been sighted. Quickly, boats were lowered onto the sea. Each boat had a...
Biggest of all!
What is the biggest animal that has ever lived? It's not one of the giant dinosaurs of long ago. It's an animal that is living right now. It is the blue whale. A blue whale is so long and wide that...
Sea animals
The sea is filled with many kinds of animals. Fish, crabs, oysters, snails, and most other sea animals stay under water all the time. But whales, dolphins, sea turtles, sea snakes, and others...