Is it possible? Could Ahab — the peg-legged ship's captain who leads that ill-fated quest for the great white whale in Herman Melville's Moby-Dick — have been misunderstood. To most, especially those ...

Two new exhibitions open this December at the New Bedford Whaling Museum, exploring history, identity and violence.

Even in retirement, Ahab is haunted by Moby Dick. Back in 2012, Audi reimagined Herman Melville's “Moby Dick” with an overworked tow truck driver in wintry conditions, and the elusive Audi Quattro as ...

When a ship at sea has sprung a serious leak, the menu items for tomorrow or repainting the handrailings instantly lose their importance. At that point, the only truly critical matter is diagnosing ...

NEW YORK (CNN) -- "Ahab's Wife" begins with white knuckles: Una Spenser, wife of "Moby-Dick"'s Captain Ahab, is freezing to death during a blizzard which has just killed her own mother. She is in the ...