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Book Whales and Whaling in the Antarctic Second Sector

Download or read book Whales and Whaling in the Antarctic Second Sector written by B. A. Zenkovich and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Whales and whaling in the second sector of the Antarctic

Download or read book Whales and whaling in the second sector of the Antarctic written by B.A. ZENKOVICH and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Two Headed Whale

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  • Author : Sandy Winterbottom
  • Publisher : Greystone Books Ltd
  • Release : 2023-10-24
  • ISBN : 1778400914
  • Pages : 166 pages

Download or read book The Two Headed Whale written by Sandy Winterbottom and published by Greystone Books Ltd. This book was released on 2023-10-24 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Urgent and moving.”—Publishers Weekly ★ An elegant blend of "polemic, industrial history, nautical writing, elegy and ecology" (The Scotsman), The Two-Headed Whale charts the tragic history of the post-war whaling industry alongside the author's thrilling memoir of sailing the Antarctic. In 2016, Sandy Winterbottom embarked on an epic six-week tall-ship voyage from Uruguay to Antarctica. At the mid-way stop in South Georgia, her pristine image of the Antarctic was shattered when she discovered the dark legacy of twentieth century industrial-scale whaling. Enraged by what she found, she was quick to blame the men who undertook this wholescale slaughter, but then she stumbled upon the grave of an eighteen-year-old whaler from Edinburgh who she could not allow to bear the brunt of blame. There are two sides to every story. The Two-Headed Whale vividly brings to life the spectacular scenery and wildlife of the vast Southern Oceans, set alongside the true-life story of Anthony Ford, the boy in the grave, as he sailed the same seas and toiled in an industry where profits outranked human life. Drawing together threads of nature and travel writing with an unflinching narrative of life aboard a whaling factory ship and the legacy it left behind, The Two-Headed Whale leaves us questioning our troubled relationship with the extraordinary abundance of this planet. Published in partnership with the David Suzuki Institute.

Book The Two Headed Whale

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  • Author : Sandy Winterbottom
  • Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
  • Release : 2022-10-06
  • ISBN : 178885568X
  • Pages : 195 pages

Download or read book The Two Headed Whale written by Sandy Winterbottom and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2022-10-06 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2016, Sandy Winterbottom embarked on an epic six-week tall-ship voyage from Uruguay to Antarctica. At the mid-way stop in South Georgia, her pristine image of the Antarctic was shattered when she discovered the dark legacy of twentieth century industrial-scale whaling. Enraged by what she found, she was quick to blame the men who undertook this wholescale slaughter, but then she stumbled upon the grave of an eighteen-year-old whaler from Edinburgh who she could not allow to bear the brunt of blame. There are two sides to every story. The Two-Headed Whale vividly brings to life the spectacular scenery and wildlife of the vast Southern Oceans, set alongside the true-life story of Anthony Ford, the boy in the grave, as he sailed the same seas and toiled in an industry where profits outranked human life. In this compelling account, Sandy challenges our preconceptions of the Antarctic, weaving in themes of colonialism, capitalism and its link to both environmental and human exploitation. Drawing together threads of nature and travel writing with an unflinching narrative of life onboard a whaling factory ship and the legacy it left behind, The Two-Headed Whale leaves us questioning our troubled relationship with the extraordinary abundance of this planet.

Book Whaling in the Antarctic

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  • Author : Malgosia Fitzmaurice
  • Publisher : BRILL
  • Release : 2016-05-23
  • ISBN : 9004313826
  • Pages : 433 pages

Download or read book Whaling in the Antarctic written by Malgosia Fitzmaurice and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-05-23 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication gives an in-depth analysis of a very important but complex case before the International Court of Justice. It deals with substantive and procedural aspects of the case, analysed extensively by eminent international lawyers and practitioners. The Whaling in Antarctic case is a landmark case in international law. Contributors: Malgosia Fitzmaurice and Dai Tamada (eds.); Caroline E. Foster; Shotaro Hamamoto; Theodore Christakis; Christian Tams; Mika Hayashi; Joji Morishita; Donald R. Rothwell; Hironobu Sakai; Anthony Press; Akiho Shibata; Yuri Takaya.

Book Whaling in the Frozen South

Download or read book Whaling in the Frozen South written by Alan Villiers and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expedition commanded by Captain Carl A. Larsen.

Book Whaling in the Antarctic

Download or read book Whaling in the Antarctic written by A. G. Bennett and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Whales and Nations

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  • Author : Kurkpatrick Dorsey
  • Publisher : University of Washington Press
  • Release : 2014-02-01
  • ISBN : 0295804947
  • Pages : 391 pages

Download or read book Whales and Nations written by Kurkpatrick Dorsey and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2014-02-01 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before commercial whaling was outlawed in the 1980s, diplomats, scientists, bureaucrats, environmentalists, and sometimes even whalers themselves had attempted to create an international regulatory framework that would allow for a sustainable whaling industry. In Whales and Nations, Kurkpatrick Dorsey tells the story of the international negotiation, scientific research, and industrial development behind these efforts —and their ultimate failure. Whales and Nations begins in the early twentieth century, when new technology revived the fading whaling industry and made whale hunting possible on an unprecedented scale. By the 1920s, declining whale populations prompted efforts to develop “rational”—what today would be called sustainable—whaling practices. But even though almost everyone involved with commercial whaling knew that the industry was on an unsustainable path, Dorsey argues, powerful economic, political, and scientific forces made failure nearly inevitable. Based on a deep engagement with diplomatic history, Whales and Nations provides a unique perspective on the challenges facing international conservation projects. This history has profound implications for today’s pressing questions of global environmental cooperation and sustainability. Watch the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QsLlM5KTx0

Book A Whaling Enterprise

Download or read book A Whaling Enterprise written by Gerald Elliot and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Of Whales and Men

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  • Author : R.B. Robertson
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1969
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 324 pages

Download or read book Of Whales and Men written by R.B. Robertson and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Whales

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  • Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Conservation of Wild Life Resources
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1931
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 44 pages

Download or read book Whales written by United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Conservation of Wild Life Resources and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Fin Whale  Balaenoptera Physalus L

Download or read book The Fin Whale Balaenoptera Physalus L written by and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Listing of 1211 citations arranged alphabetically by author and indexed by subject.

Book Whalers of the Midnight Sun

Download or read book Whalers of the Midnight Sun written by Alan Villiers and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The History of Modern Whaling

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  • Author : Johan Nicolay Tønnessen
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 1982-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780520039735
  • Pages : 818 pages

Download or read book The History of Modern Whaling written by Johan Nicolay Tønnessen and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1982-01-01 with total page 818 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Whales  Journey

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  • Author : Stephen Martin
  • Publisher : Allen & Unwin
  • Release : 2001-06-01
  • ISBN : 1743432224
  • Pages : 205 pages

Download or read book The Whales Journey written by Stephen Martin and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2001-06-01 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From slaughter to sanctuary, The Whales' Journey describes the experiences of the humpback whales as they travel between the cold Antarctic and the warm tropical seas off northern Australia in what is one of the longest migrations in the animal world. It is also the story of human impact on humpback whale populations, which were decimated almost to extinction during the first sixty years of the twentieth century. Humpback whales are now protected by a fabric of regulations, sanctuaries, treaties and ultimately by human concern for them and their environment. This passionate, carefully researched and richly illustrated book brings to life the story of whaling in Australia, along with the associated tale of the long, sometimes fruitful and sometimes vexed relationship between scientists and whalers. The Whales' Journey is a message of hope and warning. As the fight to protect the earth's environments and species continues, the sparing of the humpback whale is an engaging tale of success and possibilities. As we constantly search for new resources to exploit, we need look no further than the humpback whale to see how simple it is to avoid the destruction of a whole species.

Book Red Leviathan

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  • Author : Ryan Tucker Jones
  • Publisher : University of Chicago Press
  • Release : 2022-05-30
  • ISBN : 022662899X
  • Pages : 288 pages

Download or read book Red Leviathan written by Ryan Tucker Jones and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2022-05-30 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revealing and authoritative history that shows how Soviet whalers secretly helped nearly destroy endangered whale populations, while also contributing to the scientific understanding necessary for these creatures’ salvation. The Soviet Union killed over six hundred thousand whales in the twentieth century, many of them illegally and secretly. That catch helped bring many whale species to near extinction by the 1970s, and the impacts of this loss of life still ripple through today’s oceans. In this new account, based on formerly secret Soviet archives and interviews with ex-whalers, environmental historian Ryan Tucker Jones offers a complete history of the role the Soviet Union played in the whales’ destruction. As other countries—especially the United States, Great Britain, Japan, and Norway—expanded their pursuit of whales to all corners of the globe, Stalin determined that the Soviet Union needed to join the hunt. What followed was a spectacularly prodigious, and often wasteful, destruction of humpback, fin, sei, right, and sperm whales in the Antarctic and the North Pacific, done in knowing violation of the International Whaling Commission’s rules. Cold War intrigue encouraged this destruction, but, as Jones shows, there is a more complex history behind this tragic Soviet experiment. Jones compellingly describes the ultimate scientific irony: today’s cetacean studies benefited from Soviet whaling, as Russian scientists on whaling vessels made key breakthroughs in understanding whale natural history and behavior. And in a final twist, Red Leviathan reveals how the Soviet public began turning against their own country’s whaling industry, working in parallel with Western environmental organizations like Greenpeace to help end industrial whaling—not long before the world’s whales might have disappeared altogether.

Book Blood and Guts

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  • Author : Sam Vincent
  • Publisher : Black Inc.
  • Release : 2014-09-06
  • ISBN : 1922231657
  • Pages : 248 pages

Download or read book Blood and Guts written by Sam Vincent and published by Black Inc.. This book was released on 2014-09-06 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I pull on my balaclava and step onto the bridge wing. It’s loud outside: I can hear the rumbles of nine vessels’ engines and the hiss of ten water cannons … Suddenly the bridge is full of refugees from the upper deck. They are blocking my view out the back windows, but their faces – afraid, excited, awestruck – illustrate the looming presence of the Nisshin. I bend my knees and grip the bench, ready for the crunch.” In Blood and Guts, Sam Vincent plunges into the whale wars. Vincent sets sail with Sea Shepherd, led by the charismatic and abrasive Paul Watson. He attends the recent case at the International Court of Justice, which finds Japan’s ‘scientific’ whaling in the Southern Ocean to be unlawful. And he travels to Japan to investigate why its government doggedly continues to bankroll the unprofitable hunt. This is a fresh, funny and intelligent look at how Australia has become the most vocal anti-whaling nation on Earth. Vincent skewers hypocrisy and sheds light on motives, noble and otherwise. With Japan planning to relaunch its lethal program in 2015, the whale wars are set to continue. Blood and Guts is a riveting work of immersion journalism that lays bare the forces driving this conflict.