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How Viking-Age Hunters Took Down the Biggest Animal on Earth

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by Andrew Chapman • New research suggests that medieval Icelanders were scavenging and likely even hunting blue whales long before industrial whaling technology. The original story can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

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