Moby Dick (1998 miniseries) Moby Dick (1998 miniseries) Moby Dick is a 1998 American television miniseries based on Herman Melville's 1851 novel of the same name. It was filmed in Australia in 1997 and first released in the United States in 1998. The miniseries consisted of two episodes, each running two hours with commercials on March 15 and 16 of 1998 on the USA Network. Ishmael is a young sailor who joins the crew of the whaling ship "Pequod"; Captain Ahab is in charge of "Pequod". Queequeg meets Ishmael at a motel and joins Ishmael in his whaling journey. Ahab rejects the repeated pleas
Gardner (whaling family) wood, having a very green and rural appearance" and was probably, Reynolds concludes, Wake Island, placed on charts of the time by John Arrowsmith. Born in 1778, George was given command of the whaleship "Sukey" in 1809. In 1811, he captained the "William Penn", but the ship was captured in 1813. Later, George made three whaling voyages on the "Globe" (1815–18; 1818–21; 1821–22), and two on the "Maria" (1822–25; 1825–28). In 1818 George discovered the "Offshore Ground" (5° to 10°S and 105° to 125°W). Within two years more than fifty whaleships were cruising for sperm whales on this ground. During