A whaling ship spots a whale and makes its way towards it. The harpoonist successfully shoots the whale. The tethered whale blows, the gun is reloaded, the whale is hauled close and a second shot is fired.

The whale is towed to the station and hauled up the slipway. Its blubber is stripped away prior to the removal of its jaws and bones. The blubber is cut up and put on an elevator to go to the oil house. The whalebone is cleaned. The oil is shipped and harpoons are repaired.

Irish and Norwegian whalers dance, have sack races, wrestle on their backs with their legs, and undergo various trials of strength.