whaler

n.捕鲸者；捕鲸船

Grandpa was that whaler and he took me on his knee. 爷爷就是那个捕鲸的水手，他把我抱到他的膝盖上。

In 1841 he sailed on a whaler bound for the South Seas, and the next year he jumped ship in the Marquesas Islands. 1841年他踏上了一艘前往南海的捕鲸船，第二年在马克萨斯群岛跳船而逃。