whaler

• At Tahiti Bligh found the major part of the crew of a whaler, the Matilda, which had been wrecked about six days' sail from the island. —  The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders
• I would not have ventured again, but our whaler is as bad,—all eaten by the teredo,—so I thought it as well to take both, and stick to that which swims longest. —  The Personal Life Of David Livingstone
• Janice is thrown in the brig for be a Nazi collaborator, but it is later revealed she did make a copy of her piece of the key (Jones did the same thing), so the whaler is able to make landfall, and a quick dog sled scene later, finds Jones and company catching up to Malberg and his ilk as they approach the map's final destination. —  Major Spoilers
• Whether it was one of the numerous discovery ships that have invaded those regions in the present century, or a whaler which had been driven out of its course by stress of weather or power of ice, is uncertain, for although some relics of the expedition ultimately reached the outpost of the fur-traders, nothing was brought away by the Eskimos which bore name or date or writing of any kind. —  The Walrus Hunters A Romance of the Realms of Ice
• "Some time ago we fell in with a whaler, and we were talking to her crew. —  Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler

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