George Pollard Jr.

The survivors drifted across the Pacific, with some dying on the boats and others resorting to drawing lots to determine who would be sacrificed to feed the rest.

The captain, George Pollard Jr., and First Mate Owen Chase were among the few who returned, and their harrowing accounts of survival shocked the public and left a lasting mark on maritime history.

The journey of the Essex became the basis of the novel Moby-Dick.

Once a whale was dead, the crew would tow it back to the ship and lash alongside it.

And while he's walking those quiet streets, he has an encounter that feels almost too tragic to be real.

He meets a man named George Pollard.

Pollard was the real-life captain of the Essex.

the very ship that was rammed by the whale, the ship that forced its crew into cannibalism.