Sail on a 19TH Century Whaling Ship

The year is 1819. You are a 14-year-old boy named Thomas Nickerson living in Nantucket. It is one of the most important centres of the American whaling industry. You want to fulfill your boyhood dream of becoming a whaler by joining your friends aboard the whaling ship Essex. The Essex is bound for the Pacific Ocean and a place in history. But you have no idea of the horrors – whale attacks shipwreck cannibalism – that lie ahead…