# The Greenlanders - Arctic whaleships and whalers

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Dr Bernard Stonehouse
- Year: 2011
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: History
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/greenlanders-arctic-whaleships-and-whalers)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

From 1750 to the early 20th century, fleets of ‘Greenlanders’ – specially strengthened sailing ships – headed north each spring from Britain to the ice-filled Arctic seas between Canada, Greenland and Spitsbergen. Their business was whaling, their purpose to bring home oil and whalebone – raw materials for Britain’s growing industries. Arctic whaling involved more than 9000 voyages from 35 British ports: Rotherhith's ‘Greenland Dock’ is a reminder that London was a prominent whaling port.

## Lectures

1. [The Greenlanders - Arctic whaleships and whalers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/greenlanders-arctic-whaleships-and-whalers/aca9c498e12b) (YouTube)