harpooneer occupation
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- description
- A critical and hazardous role in the whaling industry, involving direct confrontation with whales and arduous labor in the ship's hold, exemplified by Queequeg.
- duties
- face living whale, mount dead back, handle casks
Relationships
- works_inShip's Hold
- description
- Harpooneers, including Queequeg, perform arduous duties within the ship's hold, managing casks and cargo.
- source
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- finally descend into the gloom of the hold, and bitterly sweating all day in that subterraneous confinement, resolutely manhandle the clumsiest casks and see to their stowage.
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:08:02.366Z
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