Attacked by a whale and drifting in the Pacific Ocean: The horror of the whaling ship Essex is worse than fiction

Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA. Known for its mild climate, this town was bustling with men seeking adventure and fortune in the 19th century. Their goal was whaling. Whaling depicted in the 17th and 18th centuries / quoted from Wikipedia At the time, whale oil was a necessity used for fuel, lighting, medicine, and everything else. Women had to wait for months, sometimes years, for their fathers or husbands to return from voyages. But they endure…