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**November 3, 2015**
Whales: An Economic, Cultural, and Environmental Icon LIVE at 6:30 PM EST
Whale experts discuss the complex and evolving relationship between whales and people.
November 10, 2015
The Culture of Sperm Whales
Dr. Hal Whitehead, Dalhousie University Professor of Biology and author of Sperm Whales: Social Evolution in the Ocean, illuminates the underwater lives and rich culture of these misunderstood ‘monsters of the deep’.
November 17, 2015
Survivors: Life Before & After the Essex
Michael Harrison, Chief Curator from the Nantucket Historical Society, discusses the real life tragedy that inspired Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick and upcoming Warner Bros. film In The Heart Of The Sea (based on the novel by Nathaniel Philbrick).
In Massachusetts? Join us in person for any or all of these lectures!
6:00 p.m. Reception | 6:30 p.m. Lecture
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Stay tuned for details about the premiere of the long-awaited movie In the Heart of the Sea.
This lecture series is supported by a grant from the NOAA Preserve America Initiative.