9,750
edits
Westarctica (talk | contribs) |
Westarctica (talk | contribs) |
||
Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
==History of Antarctic whaling== | ==History of Antarctic whaling== | ||
[[File:Crew Whale.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Etching of a whaling crew battling a whale]] | |||
Although prehistoric hunting and gathering is generally considered to have had little ecological impact, early whaling in the Arctic may have altered freshwater ecology. | Although prehistoric hunting and gathering is generally considered to have had little ecological impact, early whaling in the Arctic may have altered freshwater ecology. | ||