Created exclusively in 2005 for the Nantucket Historical Association by filmmaker John Stanton, this documentary details the laborious process of preparing and assembling the sperm whale skeleton that washed up on the eastern end of Nantucket in 1998. The film features a time-lapse of the assembly as the centerpiece of Gosnell Hall at the Nantucket Whaling Museum. Watch the complete documentary at https://youtu.be/4ebRBWjq6Us. For more information about the events surrounding the whale stranding

Nantucket - A Film by Ric Burns

Nantucket - A Film by Ric Burns (Original full-length film for the Nantucket Historical Association)