Surprisingly funny in places (e.g. waking up with Queequeg). It also doesn't pull any punches in terms of describing life on a whaling ship. The overall effect is that it reads remarkably like Pynchon or Stephenson.
The men sing a verse of "The Bold Harpooner" (the model for "Bonny Ship the Diamond") at one point that doesn't survive in modern versions of the song.
Available online as Project Gutenberg book 2701.