In “Captain ... The periscoped images that open the chapters convey both the archaic quality of the story and the nautical theme. White dominates the visuals long before Ahab sees his nemesis ...

On a whale watch two-and-a-half weeks ago, the captain of the American Princess ... Unlike Herman Melville's Capt. Ahab, however, Sieswerda is not in a rage-driven mission to take out creatures ...