25 Vintage Pics of Whalers Hunting Monsters of the Deep

The whaling industry is mostly dead because most of the whales are dead. But it also ended because it was a completely insane job. These guys would hop on a wooden ship, grab a big pointy stick, and then just go and try to kill a literal monster on their home turf.

Whaling photographs and art are gruesome and thrilling - and their success really makes Captain Ahab and his crew look like a bunch of posers.