![George Pollard, Jr. was the captain of the Essex when an 80-ton whale attacked and sank the whaleship today in 1820 inspiring Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick. Now WE know em George Pollard, Jr. was the captain of the Essex when an 80-ton whale attacked and sank the whaleship today in 1820 inspiring Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick. Now WE know em](https://nowweknowem.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/essex2.jpg?w=300&h=217)
George Pollard, Jr. was the captain of the Essex when an 80-ton whale attacked and sank the whaleship today in 1820 inspiring Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick. Now WE know em
![SM Cinema on Twitter: "#BenWalker is Captain George Pollard in In The Heart of The Sea - showing on December 3. #ITHOTS https://t.co/MEnkP5FHIM" SM Cinema on Twitter: "#BenWalker is Captain George Pollard in In The Heart of The Sea - showing on December 3. #ITHOTS https://t.co/MEnkP5FHIM"](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CUofNBhUkAAIc73.jpg)
SM Cinema on Twitter: "#BenWalker is Captain George Pollard in In The Heart of The Sea - showing on December 3. #ITHOTS https://t.co/MEnkP5FHIM"
![George Pollard, Jr. was the captain of the Essex when an 80-ton whale attacked and sank the whaleship today in 1820 inspiring Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick. Now WE know em George Pollard, Jr. was the captain of the Essex when an 80-ton whale attacked and sank the whaleship today in 1820 inspiring Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick. Now WE know em](https://nowweknowem.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/804577607_6168f20b32.jpg?w=300&h=264)