Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World
First aired on May 10, 2010
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Genres: Documentary, History
Examine the 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, the tragedy of the Essex, and the career of Moby Dick's Herman Melville, and on to its demise in the decades following the American Civil War.
Featured Cast: click image to view more
Willem Dafoe | Narrator
Robert Sean Leonard | Herman Melville (voice)
Josh Hamilton | Owen Chase & Peleg Folger (voice)
Vincent Kartheiser | Thomas Nickerson (voice)
Callie Thorne | (voice)
Philip Bosco | (voice)
Featured Crew
Ric Burns | Writer
Li-Shin Yu | Editor
Ric Burns | Director