The PBS program “American Experience” features New Bedford in its look at the history of American whaling industry from its 17th Century origins in drift-and-shore whaling off the coast of New England and Cape Cod, through the golden age of deep ocean whaling, and on to its demise in the decades following the Civil War. The program airs May 9, 2010 on PBS.
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