00:02Thousands of years ago, in the late Paleolithic era,
00:07humans saw oceans as mysterious and dangerous.
00:16Whales symbolized supernatural forces and water spirits
00:20linked to gods, demons or protectors of waters.
00:32Myths and legends of phenomenal behemoths
00:35were passed down through generations.
00:39Whaling history goes back a long time,
00:42maybe as much as 8,000 years.
00:44Some people think it was on the Korean peninsula
00:46where the first evidence of whaling took place.
00:51There is evidence in petroglyphs on cave walls in Korea
00:55that as much as 8,000 years ago,
01:03people were taking whales from the ocean.
01:06Of course, they didn't have the equipment.
01:09They didn't have the seafaring vessels
01:13that could take them very far from the shore.
01:16But surely those petroglyphs are representing something
01:20that was actually happening.
01:21And it's thought perhaps in Japan
01:23that whaling might have been taking place
01:26even longer ago than that.
01:27For sure, 3,000 years ago on the Pacific coast,
01:32some of the indigenous tribes of America were already whaling.
01:36That's something is interesting.
01:37God ông!
01:38Will find it?
01:45Ohczynsic pulled!
01:48You yourself married!
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