actually the belowdecks of the whaleship Charles Morgan. Oliver is not a little guy-standing ~6'2" (correct me Ol if I'm off an inch or 2) and he couldn't stand up straight in any part the ship. I was feeling the rafters, and I stand maybe 5'5" on a good day. Claustraphobia, anyone?? And can you imagine spending years inside this vessel, thru ice and snow and blistering heat?? Packed in the berths they said were 6' long but didn't look like I could stretch out completely, and with 23 of your closest friends, head to toe, Before the Mast?? And the stench of burning whale oils, hoping for more to make the trip profitable. An amazing life, in the 19th century, and some would say the whalers were not the worst off of all the seafarers.