Inside the story
Meet Captain Ahab
Captain Ahab is the grim commander of the Pequod, leading its crew on a whaling voyage. An old man known as Old Thunder, he is consumed by vengeance against the white whale that tore off his leg, and his fierce purpose shapes his dealings with the sailors around him.
On the page
A tall, broad, bronzed old man of commanding bearing, his stern face and neck seared by a livid whitish scar running down like a lightning-riven tree; stands on a prosthetic leg carved from polished sperm-whale ivory, grey-haired and iron-browed.
