Albaola Maritime Culture Factory

A scientific replica of the San Juan whaleship of the 19th century is being built in public, using the techniques and materials of the time.

Today, in the town of Red Bay, there is the Museum of Basque Whalers, which displays a boat recovered from the San Juan whaling ship.

Today, in the town of Red Bay, there is the Museum of Basque Whalers, which displays a boat recovered from the San Joan whaling ship.

The Apaizac Obeto expedition was organized in Canada in 2006 to recover the traces left by Basque whalers in Newfoundland and along the St. Lawrence River.

It was a replica of the old whaling boat found by Canadian marine archaeologists in the cold waters of Labrador, built-in Pasaia by members of the Albaola association.