# Captain Sleet — Moby-Dick character guide

> Captain Sleet in Moby-Dick by Herman Melville.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Sleet

**First appearance:** 0088-lxxxv-the-fountain

## Who they are

An English whaling captain and author humorously cited in a chapter discussing the whale's spout.

## In the story

### [XXXV: The Masthead](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moby_dick_se/chapters/xxxv-the-masthead)

A fictional author and captain whose book 'A Voyage Among the Icebergs' provides a detailed, humorous account of the comforts of his invented 'crow's-nest.'

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