The life of a whaler in the 1800's was pretty tough. Years at sea away from family, long hard days slaughtering majestic creatures for their oil, and probably very little fruit. For one vessel though, things got a lot worse. So worse in fact, that it inspired a classic novel, Moby Dick. Join Aaron as he tells John and occasional-producer Sean the tale of the Voyage of the Essex.

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