Whaling harpoon outside the Polar Museum, Tromso, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

The abandoned remains of the whaling ship Brutus in Prince Olav Harbour, Cook Bay, South Georgia Island, Atlantic Ocean

Remains of the abandoned whale station in Port Foster, Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

The abandoned remains of the Norwegian Whaling Station in Prince Olav Harbour, Cook Bay, South Georgia Island, Atlantic Ocean

Remains of the abandoned whale station in Port Foster, Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Abandoned former whaling station at Port Foster inside of the caldera at Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Grave site at the abandoned former whaling station at Port Foster inside of the caldera at Deception Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Commercial fishing and whaling boats line the busy inner harbour in the town of Ilulissat, Greenland, Polar Regions

Commercial fishing and whaling boats line the busy inner harbor in the town of Ilulissat, Greenland, Polar Regions

Commercial fishing and whaling boats line the busy inner harbor in the town of Ilulissat, Greenland, Polar Regions

Bones, relic of whaling industry, Port Lockroy, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

The Christian, Christ Church Cathedral in Port Stanley, the capital of the Falkland Islands, the most southerly cathedral in the world, with a whale bone arch from Blue whale lower jaw bones.

A householder in Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands who has created a whale museum, with an anti whaling slant.

The Christian, Christ Church Cathedral in Port Stanley, the capital of the Falkland Islands, the most southerly cathedral in the world, with a whale bone arch from Blue whale lower jaw bones.

Grave site at the abandoned former whaling station at Port Foster inside of the caldera at Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

The old British Whaling Station at Port Lockroy and the whalebones across the bay at Point Jougla near Weincke Island, Antarctica.

Weathered whale vertebrae on Jougla Point near the old British Whaling Station at Port Lockroy on Weincke Island, Antarctica.

The old British Whaling Station at Port Lockroy and the whalebones across the bay at Point Jougla near Weincke Island, Antarctica.

The old British Whaling Station at Port Lockroy and the whalebones across the bay at Point Jougla near Weincke Island, Antarctica.

Weathered whale vertebrae on Jougla Point near the old British Whaling Station at Port Lockroy on Weincke Island, Antarctica.

Fishing cabin at Red Bay the old basque whaling station, Red Bay National Historic Site of Canada, Labrador

Fishing cabin at Red Bay the old basque whaling station, Red Bay National Historic Site of Canada, Labrador

Abandoned Old Rowing Boat On Wooden Blocks, Antarctica

Sperm Whale, Physeter macrocephalus, Port Elizabeth, Indian Ocean, South Africa