À l'hiver 1820, le baleinier Essex, originaire de Nouvelle-Angleterre, est attaqué par une créature redoutable : une baleine aux dimensions hors normes et à la volonté de fer qui semble animée par une terrible soif de vengeance. Cette catastrophe maritime inspirera "Moby Dick" d'Herman Melville. Mais cet ouvrage n'a pas relaté l'intégralité des événements. "Au cœur de l'océan" s'attache aux conséquences épouvantables de ce désastre, alors que les survivants de l'équipage sont acculés et contraints de commettre l'impensable pour rester en vie. Affrontant les tempêtes, la faim, la panique et le désespoir, ces hommes remettent en question leurs convictions les plus profondes et leurs valeurs morales, tandis que le capitaine du navire cherche à retrouver le cap et que son second croit encore pouvoir mater l'énorme mammifère qui les a pris pour cible…

Après s'être fait connaître dans les années 60 par la série Flipper, l'ex-dresseur de dauphins Ric O'Barry est aujourd'hui un défenseur acharné des cétacés. A Taiji, au Japon, il se mobilise contre le massacre de plusieurs milliers de dauphins par an, perpétré à l'abri des regards.Avec l'équipe de l'Oceanic Preservation Society, O'Barry entreprend de révéler la vérité sur Taiji au monde entier. Malgré l'hostilité de la police locale et des pêcheurs, O'Barry et ses complices réunissent une équipe de choc : cadreurs et preneurs de sons sous-marins, spécialistes d'effets spéciaux, océanographes et plongeurs en apnée réputés se lancent dans une opération secrète destinée à rapporter des images de la petite baie isolée...

Mickey, Donald et Dingo sont des chasseurs de baleines. Donald cherche en vain une baleine et n'en trouve pas. Il sort alors un casse-croûte, qui risque d'être chapardé par de nombreux oiseaux. De son côté, Mickey essaye de vider un seau d'eau, mais l'eau revient toujours dans le seau.

Le capitaine Joy prend la mer pour apprendre le métier de baleinier à son petit-fils. L'enfant est confié au second, Lunceford, qui lui apprend les rudiments. Une profonde amitié les unit. Lorsque le grand-père sent ses forces le quitter, il confie le bateau à Lunceford et, avant de mourir, lui demande de s'occuper de son petit-fils.

1936 was a different world in Newfoundland - the bigotry and the unexpected ending will give you plenty to talk about and think about in this forgotten masterpiece of human drama.

In 1841 young Ishmael signs aboard the whaling ship Pequod, under the command of the strict, one-legged Capt. Ahab. Ishmael soon finds out that Ahab is searching for the legendary white whale, Moby Dick, who cost Ahab his leg, and he will let nothing stand in the way of getting his revenge on the beast.

Examine the American whaling industry from its 17th-century origins in drift and shore whaling off the coast of New England and Cape Cod, through the golden age of deep ocean whaling, the tragedy of the Essex, and the career of Moby Dick's Herman Melville, and on to its demise in the decades following the American Civil War.

Samson est un baleineau, très intéressé par le mythe de son ancêtre, la baleine Moby Dick. Alors que sa mère vient d'être enlevée par des pêcheurs, Samson, accompagné par Sally, part à la recherche de la légendaire baleine, qui, selon la légende, reviendra pour sauver l'ensemble des baleines.

Loin des yeux du monde dans l'environnement le plus inhospitalier de la planète, deux points de vue opposés se disputent le contrôle. D'un côté, la soi-disant flotte de recherche japonaise exploite ouvertement des milliers de baleines dans le seul sanctuaire baleinier international au monde. De l'autre, le Sea Shepherd, une marine de guérilla volontaire financée par les citoyens du monde. Défendre - Conserver - Protéger se déploie alors que trois migrations annuelles très distinctes ont lieu dans l'océan Austral froid et furieux ; la flotte de chasse à la baleine japonaise illégale ; la flotte anti-chasse à la baleine de Sea Shepherd ; et les baleines...

A documentary on Paul Watson, who takes the law into his own hands on the open seas, confronting, by any nonviolent means necessary, the hunters who indiscriminately slaughter whales, seals and sharks, along with complicit governments and environmental organizations. Written by Anonymous "Pirate for the Sea" is a biographical film of Captain Paul Watson, the youngest founding member of Greenpeace Canada. He organized early campaigns protesting the killing of seals, whales, and dolphins. Greenpeace ejected him for being too much of an activist. Starting his own organization, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, he went on to sink illegal whaling ships, stopped Canadian seal hunts for ten years, permanently halted sealing in British Isles, killing of dolphins on Iki Island, Japan, etc. This documentary witnesses his latest campaigns and explores the personal and environmental history of this controversial marine conservationist. Written by R.C.

Une campagne de Sea Shepherd en Antarctique contre la flotte baleinière Japonaise.

In the frigid waters off of Russia’s Bering Strait, Inuit and Chukchi hunters today still seek out the giant sea mammals that have provided their people with food since time immemorial. It is known, that the whale hunting today is controversial and subject to international criticism and regulations. But the Inuit and Chukchi hunt is permitted by international law because of the whaling is the foundation of their culture and their life.

The contemporary story of elders Aleksandr and Aleksei blends seamlessly with that of “the woman who gave birth to a whale” and other ancient myths, told here in vivid animation, in this ongoing struggle for survival and preservation of a traditional lifestyle in one of the most remote places on earth.

A fishing village is terrorized by a giant whale, and the fishermen are determined to kill it.

The big whale round-up at Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, is brought to the screen with a realism not often found in fish stories. Cameras are on hand to record the annual sea drama as herds of pothead whales are driven inshore by fishing boats and killed in shallow water. There is tense excitement as, their escape cut off, the marine monsters fight for their lives. Reporter Fred Davis is told about the commercial uses of whale meat and whale products, particularly in mink farming.

Pictures made from an 1800-foot panorama painted in 1848 and authentic songs of the period sung and played by Peggy Seeger and Ewan MacCall are used in portraying a whaling voyage around the world. Includes views of New Bedford, Mass., the Azores, Hawaii, Tahiti, the Alaskan whaling grounds, the Horn, and the harbors of Typee and Rio.

The Lamalera village is located in a small volcanic Island, a poor, barren land, and they catch whales to eat. It is the only way for them to survive. The harpooners are called lamafa in the local language. They are the village's pride because they take the whole responsibility for the very dangerous hunting. In 2018. a tragedy struck the village. Benjamin, a young lamafa, was killed during a spear hunting. His father, Ignatius, was devastated, and Benjamin's brother, Demo, was shocked and unable to go hunting. They blame accidents at sea on a victim's family discord in Lamalera. Ignatius, the master boat-builder, decided to build a new traditional whaleboat to reunite the family bond. The whaling boat is 12 meters long, made entirely of hand-crafted wood, not using a single nail, and is considered an intangible cultural asset.

A youngster begins to understand the wisdom hidden within legendary whaler-man Tall 12's sea shanty songs in the whaling town of Barrouallie, St. Vincent, a place where men still wrestle with the creatures of the deep for survival. Against a backdrop of cruise-ship tourism and economic colonialism, this lyrical documentary discovers a surprising renewal of interest and hunger to preserve local traditions and cultural knowledge through new interpretations.

A short documentary about industrial whaling. The surviving footage runs for approximately 12 minutes.

Modern technology confronts ancient ritual in this profound and moving documentary. Teenager Chris Apassingok and his Yupik family live in Gambell, Alaska, a tiny village on St. Lawrence island in the Bering Sea. Life there differs vastly from the rest of the US – for one, hunting whales holds the key to the islanders’ survival. Conflict emerges after Chris kills a whale that will feed Gambell’s townspeople for months – and news of the successful hunt reaches the outside world. Facebook trolls and animal-rights activists attack from afar, captured in Pete Chelkowski and environmental journalist Jim Wickens’ captivating film that delves into environmental issues, cultural and generational challenges, and cyberspace hysteria