Author: Andrew Thaler

Marine science and conservation. Deep-sea ecology. Population genetics. Underwater robots. Open-source instrumentation. The deep sea is Earth's last great wilderness.

Finding Melville’s Whale: The first 16 chapters

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Thanks to everyone who’s followed along with us on our journey through the maritime classic – Moby Dick. I hope the pace is not too slow or too fast for anyone.

For those just joining us, we’re reading through Moby Dick a few chapters a week. You can follow along with your own copy or use the excellent Power Moby Dick website, complete will full text and annotations. Updates are posted every Tuesday and Thursday, with occasional Sundays. Each update includes a short summary (in verse) of the chapter. Reproduced below are the entries from chapters 1 through 16:

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Happy Birthday Bluegrass Blue Crab!

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In honor of Bluegrass Blue Crab’s birthday, take a read through some of of her epic posts from this year! Maximum (un)Sustainable Yield Ecosystem Based management – managing for everything or noting at all Public engagement with science: across the disciplinary divide The Cove, Dolphins, and Mercury Roundup and Parasites HeLa book review Twilight, Forks, … Read More “Happy Birthday Bluegrass Blue Crab!” »

Finding Melville’s Whale: Chapter 16 – The Ship

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Chapter 16 of Herman Melville’s classic – Moby Dick. Read along with us and discuss this chapter or the book as a whole in the comments. The Ship Pequod, the ship Ishmael has selected garnished in the bones of the whales she’s killed. A skeletal tent rises from her deck. And within, one third the … Read More “Finding Melville’s Whale: Chapter 16 – The Ship” »

Top Posts for September, 2010

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Top posts (by page views) for the previous month: How to build a canoe from scratch on a graduate student stipend Anti-shark stereotypes in “River Monsters” Shark Science Monday: Aleks Maljkovic discusses whether shark feeding dives harm sharks Greenwashing – Is there really a sustainable Orange Roughy fishery? It’s an Ocean of Pseudoscience Week! The … Read More “Top Posts for September, 2010” »