Built on 'Greasy Luck' (from "Thar She Blows")

At the height of the whaling industry, the whaling capital of the world was the town of New Bedford, Massachusetts. The whaling boom brought in everybody from boat steerers to bankers. Today, New Bedford no longer hosts whaling vessels. Instead, it has cultural artifacts like scrimshaw and giant paintings to emblemize the industry’s legacy. We talked to Michael Dyer, Curator of Maritime History for the New Bedford Whaling Museum.