Jerry MikorendaThe Hunt
“Suddenly, a spout of blood rained down upon us from its blowhole. Covered with a stinging mix of hot blood and stomach acids, both crews held their oars overhead and howled in primal guttural shrieks I had never heard before.”
From The Whaler’s Daughter
Oswald Brierly, Whalers off Twofold Bay, New South Wales, 1867, public domain