Wednesday, March 3 at 1:00pm
Ed Talks with Julia Triezenberg, Museum Educator at the Columbia River Maritime Museum
Whaling in Oregon: The mouth of the Columbia River was the site of one of the last commercial shore-based whaling stations in the United States. Hvalfangst-Oregon (Norwegian for “whaling”) operated from 1961 to 1965 in response to a need for a ready source of high protein meat for use as feed by the local mink breeding industry. During their brief period of operation Hvalfangst-Oregon hunted and harvested about a dozen whales of various species. The United States banned all commercial whaling in 1972 in response to a growing concern that extinction of the great whales would result from the unrestricted use of modern whaling techniques.
Julia Triezenberg is the Museum Educator at the Columbia River Maritime Museum. Julia facilitates Learning Labs that connect students with the Columbia River’s maritime history. She develops family and summer programs at the museum as well as assists with the CRMM Miniboat Program and Remotely-Operated Vehicle Club. Julia is a graduate of the University of Michigan.