Harpoon on Russian Whaling Ship

Close up of a man next to a harpoon on a Russian whaling ship.

Unique identifier: GP01AS4

Type: Image

Shoot date: 01/06/1976

Locations: North Pacific Ocean

Credit line: © Greenpeace / Rex Weyler

Size: 5646px × 3746px 5MB

Ranking: ★★★★★★ (B)

Containers

Shoot:

Soviet Whaling Tour in North Pacific 1976

Greenpeace first anti whaling campaign was carried out during the summer of 1975 in the North Pacific Ocean using the sailing vessel Phyllis Cormack to oppose the activities of a Russian whaling fleet. A year after the group embarked again with both the Phyllis Cormack and the James Bay to defend the whales.

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