21: Number of years commercial whaling has been banned to protect vulnerable species

2: Number of countries (Norway and Iceland) that do not recognize the ban and continue to hunt whales

1,000: Number of whales Japan kills each year for scientific research allowed by the International Whaling Commission (meeting this week in Alaska)

2: Number of survivors, including the whale, in “Moby-Dick”

Sources: Associated Press; International Whaling Commission