The Whale

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This is the story of the fateful last voyage of the Nantucket whaleship Essex. When the Essex was attacked and sunk by a sperm whale in November 1820 her crew took to three fragile whalers. Alone in the middle of the Pacific Ocean the men must decide whether to head for the nearest islands, a thousand miles downwind to the west, or set out on an epic journey of almost three thousand miles to reach the South American mainland.