Whaling Is An Honorable Profession

Yes i agree with Ishmael that whaling is a honorable profession because it takes hard work a dedication for those men to do their jobs. At times they are gone for months to years on end braving the dangers of the sea and risking death from attacking the whales or from sharks that can smell the whales blood.

A fisherman is a profession that can compare to the life of a whaler from the 1800's

The viewing of whaling today is almost exactly the same as it was back in the 1800's. But it is viewed that way for a different reason. The reason it is viewed that way is because certain species of whales are on the brink of extinction but the whalers are not taking that into consideration when they are going out and hunting these