π Overview:
In the middle of the night on February 11, 1823, the seafaring career of Captain George Pollard, Jr. came to a dramatic end in the remote northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Having survived the tragic events of the Essex, one of the worldβs most infamous seafaring disasters, and the true life events that inspired Herman Melvilleβs novel Moby Dick, Pollard optimistically set sail for the Pacific once again in the whaleship Two Brothers, believing with all his heart βthat it was an old adage that the lightning never struck in the same place twice.β In this case it did, and Pollardβs promising career as a whaling captain came to a tragic end on an uncharted reef in the most remote archipelago on earth, and what is now PapahΔnaumokuΔkea Marine National Monument. In 2008, a team of NOAA maritime archaeologists discovered the first clues of the whaleship Two Brothers and began to unlock the mystery of the only Nantucket whaleship ever found on the sea floor.
π Languages Available:
English
π Date Released:
2013-01-01
β Running Time:
29 mins
β Vote Average:
0.0
