The harbour and quay of Husavik, a fishing town also popular for leisure and tourism including whale-watching, Husavik, Iceland

Haus zum Walfisch [Whale House], Freiburg im Breisgau, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, Europe

Christ Church cathedral green and houses, seen through whale bone arch, Stanley, East Falkland, Falkland Islands, South America

Colonial Manager's House 1846 and the new church with whalebone jaw arch, Sisimiut (Holsteinsborg), Qeqqata, Greenland, Polar Regions

Whitby Abbey, St. Mary's Church viewed through the Whale bones on the west cliff, and the River Esk, Whitby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Aerial view of arctic landscape, Kvaloya Island (Whale Island) and Slettaelva Village from aircraft approaching Tromso in the Arctic Circle in Northern Norway

The old whaling station at Grytviken on South Georgia. In its 58 years of operation, it handled 53,761 slaughtered whales, producing 455,000 tons of whale oil and 192,000 tons of whale meat.

Local Inuit man, in freezer house. Kangiqsujuaq, Quebec, Nunavik, Canada, North America .Everything from Arctic Char (fish) to Reindeer, Polarbear and whale meat is stored in the freezer house, in which certain town members can access and store hunted foods and skins.

Local inuit man, in freezer house pointing to Polar Bear skins. Kangiqsujuaq, Quebec, Nunavik, Canada, North America .Everything from Arctic Char (fish) to Reindeer, Polarbear and whale meat is stored in the freezer house, in which certain town members can access and store hunted foods and skins. Polar bears often come into the local communities, if one is a persistent threat, they will kill it. Individuals can also hunt polar bears on quota.

Whale watching boat run by Sea Life Surveys, with lookouts on the wheel house roof. Hebrides, Scotland

Whale Jaw Bone as entrance to the main house in the Museum, Carl-Haeberlin-Friesenmuseum, Wyk, North Sea Island Foehr, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

sunset and dramatic clouds over Faja Grande with terraces fields, white houses and steep coast, Island of Monchique in the sea, westermost point of Europe, view from the old whale outlook, Island of Flores, Azores, Portugal, Europe, Atlantic Ocean

Footbridge leading under an arch made of a whale's jaw bone, Local History Museum, Qeqertarsuaq, Disko Island, Disko Bay, Greenland, Arctic

Historic Inuit house from the Thule culture made out of whale bones, Resolute Bay, Cornwallis Island, Northwest Passage, Nunavut, Canada, Arctic

Historic Inuit house from the Thule culture made out of whale bones, Resolute Bay, Cornwallis Island, Northwest Passage, Nunavut, Canada, Arctic

Historic Inuit house from the Thule Culture made out of whale bones, Resolute Bay, Cornwallis Island, Northwest Passage, Nunavut, Canada, Arctic

Fishing village, whale watching, Husavik, 'house bay', Iceland, Europe