Through urine, feces, placentas, carcasses and sloughing skin, whales bring thousands of tons of nitrogen and other nutrients from high-latitude areas like Alaska and Antarctica to low-nutrient ...

The Kangei Maru, the successor to the Nisshin Maru, has improved freezing and storage technology as well as sanitation features, such as being able to process whale carcasses indoors.

By this time, the whale carcasses had been exposed to weather and scavengers for more than a fortnight on the beach. However, their severely decayed condition, together with gusting winds and ...