The demand for whale oil for lighting and lubrication (in the era before petroleum) caused the average whaling expedition to stretch from a day trip along a east coast shore to four year voyages into the farthest Pacific Ocean.
Eric Jay Dolin (writer): The Americans just latched onto whaling early on and wouldn't let go. And they did become the greatest whalemen there ever were.
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