EP 36: The Tragedy of the Essex

Welcome back to the continuation of our tragic tale of one of the most infamous events to ever occur on the high seas: The wreck of the whaleship Essex. Once we finish learning about the fates of these poor souls we go on to examine a variety of related stories.

CW: death, murder, and cannibalism... a lot of cannibalism

• Cover art is a sketch by Thomas Nickerson of the whaleship Essex compared to the whale which sank it; public domain access via Wikimedia commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Essex_photo_03_b.jpg
• https://www.britannica.com/topic/cannibalism-human-behaviour
• https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2000/05/essex-200005
• https://www.britannica.com/topic/Essex-whaling-ship
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_v_Dudley_and_Stephens#Cultural_impact
• https://www.google.com/books/edition/Arthur_Gordon_Pym/GvhDAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
• https://www.google.com/books/edition/Moby_Dick/XV8XAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
• Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds
• https://iwc.int/en/