NEWS
October 25, 1994 | WILLIAM R. LONG, TIMES STAFF WRITER
From the 1940s to the late 1960s, whaling ships towed their prey to a factory here, where hundreds of workers butchered the giant mammals for oil and animal feed. Rancid whale grease drifted over the waters of Quintay's picturesque cove, and the rank odor of rottingflesh hung in the air.