But the opulence of the party contrasted with Nantucket's image of itself as a casual old whaling town.

'Sandefjord's one of the whaling towns of Norway, isn't it?'

Ayukawa was a thriving whaling town, people told me.

His father sent him to work in nearby New Bedford, Massachusetts, then a booming whaling town, when he was 16 years old.

Oh, sure, there are welcome signs in the store windows of this old whaling town, and Bill Clinton T-shirts for sale.

The Indians died and Nantucket went from a booming whaling town to a tourist mecca, but the beaches remained communal.

Albany is a former whaling town and is rich in history.

The quota was limited to a total of 66 whales between four whaling towns.

Dixon and McDaniel created the city as a former whaling town, which was officially incorporated as a "Commonwealth" in 1912.

They spent time with grandparents and family friends and became knowledgeable about the traditions of the old whaling town.