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How 10 Whalers Survived Three Years Shipwrecked in the South Pacific

History Unplugged Podcast by Scott Rank, PhD

Jun 11, 202654:19Society & Culture

In 1832, a New Bedford whaleship called the Mentor struck a reef in the remote Pacific archipelago of Palau. The tiny, 100-foot-long ship began sinking immediately, and the 22 men who made up its crew were thrown into on...

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How 10 Whalers Survived Three Years Shipwrecked in the South Pacific is an episode from History Unplugged Podcast by Scott Rank, PhD. In 1832, a New Bedford whaleship called the Mentor struck a reef in the remote Pacific archipelago of Pala...

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Published Jun 11, 2026, 54:19 long, audio available.