Editing Sakhalin (section)

==== Whaling ====
Between 1848 and 1902, [[United States|American]] [[whaler|whaleship]]s hunted [[whale]]s off Sakhalin.<ref>''Mary and Susan'', of Stonington, Aug. 10–31, 1848, Nicholson Whaling Collection; ''Charles W. Morgan'', of New Bedford, Aug. 30–Sep. 5, 1902, G. W. Blunt White Library (GBWL).</ref> They cruised for [[bowhead whale|bowhead]] and [[gray whale]]s to the north and [[North Pacific right whale|right whale]]s to the east and south.<ref>''Eliza Adams'', of Fairhaven, Aug. 4–6, 1848, Old Dartmouth Historical Society; ''Erie'', of Fairhaven, July 26 – Aug. 29, 1852, NWC; ''Sea Breeze'', of New Bedford, July 8–10, 1874, GBWL.</ref>

On June 7, 1855, the ship ''Jefferson'' (396 tons), of [[New London, Connecticut|New London]], was wrecked on [[Cape Levenshtern]], on the northeastern side of the island, during a fog. All hands were saved as well as 300 barrels of [[whale oil]].<ref>''William Wirt'', of New Bedford, June 13, 1855, Nicholson Whaling Collection.</ref><ref>''The Friend'' (Vol. IV, No. 9, September 29, 1855, pp. 68, 72, Honolulu)</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Starbuck |first=Alexander |title=History of the American Whale Fishery from Its Earliest Inception to the year 1876 |year=1878 |publisher=Castle |isbn=1-55521-537-8 }}</ref>