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First Fin Whales Killed in Iceland
The first two of up to 150 fin whales were killed in Iceland on Friday. The whaling station at Hvalfordur, Iceland is active and preparing to receive more of the endangered fin whales as part of a five year...
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Alaska High School Football Team Hosts First Playoff Game North of the Arctic...
Barrow, Alaska--the northernmost settlement on the North American mainland--hosted the first high school football playoff game ever played north of the Arctic Circle. The 8-1 Barrow High Whalers won their...Iceland's whale hunt set to start
Iceland's commercial whale hunt is set to begin on Tuesday after whalers were allowed by the government to hunt a quota of 40 minke whales. "Whalers had been seeking a quota of about 100, but ministers settled on... Anti-Whaling Activists Held Hostage
gCaptain brings us breaking news from the Antarctic Japanese whalers have taken two activists hostage after they boarded the whaling ship Yushin Maru. The BBC tells us;
" The Sea Shepherd campaign group said the two - a Briton and an Australian - had been assaulted and... Court rules Japan whalers breaking Aust law
"The [Australian] Federal Court has ruled that the Japanese whaling fleet is breaking Australian law, and has issued an injunction to stop its activities. The court says it is satisfied that the Japanese whaling fleet, controlled by Japanese company Kyodo Senpaku... Greenpeace chases away Japan's whalers
Way to go, Greenpeace! I hope you can keep it up. This is such a dramatic situation, happening way out there in the middle of the ocean. I will be watching for more news about it. " * Justin McCurry in Tokyo This article appeared in the... Australian politician Handcuffed to pole in a Russian Strip Club
Last time I hung out with Icelandic whalers I ended up handcuffed too"A senior Australian politician was handcuffed to a pole in a Russian strip club while wearing nothing but his underpants, it has been...Crikey! - ‘Steve Irwin’ ship to confront Japanese whalers
"A ship belonging to the anti-whaling Sea Shepherd group has been renamed in memory of wildlife conservationist Steve Irwin. The ship, previously called the Robert Hunter, is about to sail from Melbourne to the Antarctic, where it will try to stop Japanese whalers from...Minke whale hides from Jap whalers in Amazon River
"An 18-foot minke whale ran aground on a sandbar in the Amazon jungle some 1,000 miles from the ocean, Brazilian media reported Friday. While the official line is that the whale was thought to have become separated from its main group. However reliable sources say...
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