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The voyage is already underway and Ahab makes his first appearance on the ship.
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He explains to them how he lost his leg to the white whale and he makes everyone swear to help him get revenge.
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Ahab allows the ship to conduct normal activities while he charts Moby Dick's likely location
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It is revealed that Ahab smuggled a crew of South Pacific whalers on board to staff his personal whaling boat
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The Albatross is another whaling vessel that passes the Pequod, and Ahab calls over asking if they've seen Moby Dick, after which, each ship goes back to it's mission.
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A similar meeting as with the Albatross, however, during this one, Ahab rows over to the Town-Ho and converses with the captain
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Ahab forges a special harpoon that he will use specifically for the purpose of killing Moby Dick. He tempers the steel in human blood in a demonic representation of his lust for blood.
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Ahab forms a fatherly relationship with Pip, a young man who is driven crazy after he jumps from a sinking whale boat and floats on the open water for three days.
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Ahab spots the white whale and lowers a boat to chase him, the boat is destroyed.
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Ahab again tries to kill the whale, his boat is destroyed again.
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Ahab's ivory leg snaps and his boat's crew is thrown from the boat.
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Ahab again lowers after the whale.
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Moby Dick rams the ship, breaching the hull and causing it to sink. All on board are killed except Ishmael and Ahab, who is still on his boat.
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Ahab casts his harpoon at the whale, but gets his neck caught in the rope, he is pulled from the boat and is strangled.
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Ishmael is picked up by the Town-Ho and tells the tale of the encounter.