International Whaling Commission 2006

Alternative Commissioner Joji Morishita of Japan (left) speaks to Alternative Commissioner Yamin Wang of China on the fourth day of International Whaling Commission (IWC) summit in Saint Kitts and Nevis. Both nations are considered "pro-whaling."

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IWC 2006 Meeting, Action and Arrests

Greenpeace photographer Dang Ngo photographs the IWC (International Whaling Commission) summit in Saint Kitts and Nevis. During the meeting Greenpeace activists from the banned Greenpeace ship, the MY Arctic Sunrise, arrived via inflatable boats at the beach in North Frigate Bay where they installed a symbolic whale tail graveyard before St. Kitts security stopped them. The demonstration was meant to highlight the number of whales killed during the last whaling season in the so-called Southern Oceans Whale Sanctuary. 10 Greenpeace activists were arrested.

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Unique identifier: GP0W9U

Type: Image

Shoot date: 19/06/2006

Locations: Saint Kitts And Nevis

Size: 3504px × 2336px 2.87 MB

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)