![]() "To me, the most impressive man, tho' wholly unassuming, even humble - that I ever encountered. "To the islanders he was a nobody," Melville said of Pollard, according to the Nantucket Historical Association. While the Essex story is linked to "Moby-Dick," Pollard must not have been the inspiration for its mercurial Captain Ahab. Melville met him in Nantucket shortly after completing "Moby-Dick."Īuthor Nathaniel Philbrick wrote about Two Brothers and the Essex in "In the Heart of the Sea." ![]() The twice-cursed Pollard retired from whaling, became a watchman and lived to be almost 80. Melville completed "Moby-Dick" in 1851, drawing on an Essex crew member's account of the remarkable event. The shipwreck lies off French Frigate Shoals in the blue waters of Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument in Hawaii. Research and accounts from crew members helped verify the find. Whaling ships, part of America's expansion into the Pacific Ocean, explored portions of the Indian Ocean and the polar regions.Įxpeditions from 2008 to 2010 yielded a large anchor of Two Brothers, cast-iron pots for melting whale blubber, bricks, whaling lances, harpoon tips, glass, ceramics and remains of the ship's rigging, NOAA said. "This rare archaeological discovery is the first discovery of a wrecked whaling ship from Nantucket, Mass., the birthplace of America's whaling industry," the agency said. Some 188 years later, maritime heritage archaeologists, working with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, found the Two Brothers shipwreck nearly 600 miles northwest of Honolulu, the agency said in a statement Friday. The terrified crew, clinging to small boats, was rescued the next day by a fellow whaler. The captain and Two Brothers were off Hawaii on February 11, 1823, when the ship hit a shallow reef. The sea truly must have been Pollard's mistress, for he took command of another whaler. and his surviving crew, initially using three small boats that were aboard the Essex, resorted to cannibalism while they drifted in the open ocean for more than two months before being picked up by other vessels. In 1820, the Nantucket, Massachusetts, whaling vessel Essex was rammed and sunk in the South Pacific by a sperm whale. It's an ambitious project, which can be commended for its handling of specific ideas and scenes but, as a big screen viewing experience based on one of America's most evocative myths, In the Heart of the Sea is a surprisingly forgettable adaptation.(CNN) - In an instance of truth being stranger than fiction, American author Herman Melville turned to a horrifying ordeal as inspiration for his 19th-century classic "Moby-Dick." Ultimately, In the Heart of the Sea is too bland for viewers expecting fresh insight into the Essex disaster or Moby Dick mythology and too restrained for moviegoers who were wooed to the theater by trailers showcasing an epic man versus white whale showdown. Howard has delivered a Moby Dick movie that captures the spirit and themes of Melville's seminal novel yet, in the process, the filmmaker is saddled with a challenging tale to tell. Viewers who are all-in for the movie will, without question, get a slightly more immersive experience on a bigger screen, with sharper sound, and added depth of field though, much of Howard's adaptation was filmed in close-quarters with shaky camera effects - leaving In the Heart of the Sea to rely on shots of its giant whale to push upgraded tickets (rather than artistic implementation of IMAX or 3D). In the Heart of the Sea is also playing in 3D and IMAX 3D but neither ticket adds enough to the final film experience to warrant premium prices. The Two Brothers, the whaling ship of Captain George Pollard Jr, has been discovered it is linked to Moby-Dick, the 1851 novel by Herman Melville. Still, viewers who were drawn-in by the prospect of a thrilling man versus nature experience, full of eye-popping 3D visuals and Moby Dick action set pieces, may be underwhelmed by the contemplative story that Howard actually produced. LOS ANGELES (LALATE) A significant shipwreck is revealed to news Sunday. ![]() To that end, Howard successfully establishes the world of 1820 - ensuring that audiences are grounded in life at sea, and experience the rush of a successful whale hunt (barbaric though it may be), before mother nature enacts revenge. That might sound like harsh criticism but In the Heart of the Sea leans heavily on juxtaposing its characters with fictional counterparts in Moby-Dick while at the same time presenting Nickerson's tale in a heavily saturated color palette - via dreamlike cinematography that paints the White Whale, and tragedy of the Essex, as larger-than-life myth. Given its subject matter and the vehicle through which the tale is told (Nickerson's personal account of events), In the Heart of the Sea will likely find its biggest audience in high school english classrooms - as a supplement to Moby Dick lesson units. ![]()
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