owen chase would write an account of it. probably ghost written, that would become renowned around the country and the world. this was big news. and so the "essex" -- this was a tale that nantucketers were not particularly proud of because it was a voyage that went bad, but it was a story full of all sorts of fascination for those outside nantucket. and so this was a story i realized i needed to write about. >> yeah. and there's some interesting things in this disaster that come to mind as you're retelling it. you know, on the one hand, this part of the pacific they were whaling in, the offshore ground, had only been discovered by american whalers a year or two before as being a place rich with sperm whales, so this wasn't really a part of the ocean the crew of the "essex" or many of their nantucket brethren had been to, they knew very well. they were sort of more comfortable on the coast of south america. but there was money to be made and they ventured out. is so, on the one hand, they were sort of in the unknown, taking a

first mate, owen chase. 21 men. cabin boy was thomas nickerson and they departed and headed for the pacific. it was a normal whaling voyage, not a very successful one, as they made their way around cape horn, up the west coast of south america and they decided to venture out farther into the pacific than the essex had ever been before,to the off shore grounds. and they were, after a stop at the gulop goes, they were 3,000 miles from the coast of south america, when they sited a huge sperm whale. 85 feet long. this is a huge whale. if you know the huge jaw here at the whaling museum. that refutedly came from an 85-foot whale. just massive. particularly when you realize the ship was 85 feet long. one of the whale boats was damaged and so, first mate owen chase dragged that boaten the deck of the whale ship, essex, is repairing it, while the other two boats are pursuing whales. cabin boy, 15 years, was at the helm steering, when the huge 85-foot sperm whale appeared on their port side. they didn't think much of it beca

the owen chase house is still there.the nixon, the house thomas nixon was in when he was in the guesthouse, nantucket are's no longer hunted whales by this point they fished for tourists and thomas nicholson had a guesthouse that is on north water street and is part of the hardware harsh complex. there is the pollard house on center street. it's amazing. you go to the cemetery, there's all this, owen chases grave is there. i had a remarkable opportunity to take two of owen chases descendants, a sister and brother to his grave before the book came out. and they have his portrait >> it's here now. >> yes, it brought home to me when that this is a local story its local history. in one sense for me. one of the aims i had in heart of the sea was to take would i learned as local in my book about nantucket. to try to make it more universal. to really focus on this as an endurance situation. as what happens to people in the worst situations. i wanted to not make it just another whaling story. but something where if you grew up i

captain pollard, captain of essex is in the house basically next door, and in melville's copy of "owen chase account of the essex disaster, melville late in life would write in green crayonbecause his eyes are really giving him problems, sometime in the 1850s, went to the island of nantucket. met captain pollard, who by this time not only lost the essex, but his next command, the two brothers, the next year. he met captain pollard. to the islanders, a nobody. but to me, the most remarkable man i have ever met. what he saw in pollard, i think, was a role model for how he would conduct himself for the rest of his life. because with "moby-dick" he had gone through one of the great personal and professional disappointments he could experience. he would continue -- pollard by this time was a night watchman. it wasn't as if he refused to even think of the essex. every november 20th he would lock himself in his room and fast in memory of those who had died on the essex. he didn't pretend it never happened, but he led a productive life. melville would do the same. but it's poignant. he misses hawtho

and in melville's copy of owen chase the first maid of the essex of his account of the essex disaster melville later late in life would write in green crayon because now his eyes that we're already giving him problems are really giving him problems and i'm paraphrasing here sometime in the 1850s went to the island of nantucket met captain pollard who by this way this time not only lost the essex but his next command that two brothers the next year. met captain pollard. to the islanders a nobody but to me the most remarkable man, i have ever met. what he saw in pollard i think was a role model for how he would conduct himself for the rest of his life. because you know he with moby---, you know, he had gone through the one of the great personal and professional disappointments. you know, he could experience he would continue pollard by this time was a night watchman. he dealt he it wasn't as if he refused that the even think of the essex every november 20th. he would lock himself in his room and fast and memory of those who had died on the essex. you know, he he didn't pretend it never

chase center. at the moment, it's owen to employees, volunteers only. that's because uber previously told all of its employees they can work remotely until mid september before building campus was built for 5000 people. but uber will initially allow no more than 20% of its employees inside, and it may take time to even get to that level. but work isn't really even a wild card anymore. i do think remote work is here to stay to a certain extent for many office workers. with office vacancy rates in san francisco at 20% many large employers are already rethinking their footprints and looking for co tenants to share their space offices in alameda county. maybe nextomrow, the county is expected to move into the orange tea, easing restrictions on many businesses and opening some for the first time. months ktvu jana katsuyama here now with how business owners are reacting, i'm. assuming they must be overjoyed, frank. there were a lot of people preparing today. really hoping for that orange tear and excited and also cautious where two words that i heard a lot of