Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Rarotonga-in-the-Cook-Islands-27MZIFLB6ZP8.htmlConceptually similarRarotonga in the Cook IslandsGP0195SCompleted★★★★Coral Beach in the Cook IslandsGP018W8Completed★★★★★★Whale Research Team Looking for Humpback WhalesGP018LCCompleted★★★★Whale Research Team Head Out to Tag WhalesGP018W9Completed★★★★Humpback Whale Swims Past Whale Research BoatGP018WACompleted★★★★Satellite Tracking MapGP018FGCompleted★★★★Whales in the Sea around RarotongaGP018QECompleted★★★★Whales in the Sea Around RarotongaGP0197WCompleted★★★★Nan Hauser Gives a Lecture at Whale Research CentreGP018WRCompleted★★★★View AllGP018VHRarotonga in the Cook IslandsViews of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, in the South Pacific. Greenpeace are in this area as part of a campaign called the “Great Whale Trail” which involves the tagging of humpback whales. Tagging will to produce important information on the movements and migratory destinations of humpback whales from small, un-recovered populations off the Rarotonga (Cook Islands) and New Caledonia. This can be communicated as a non-lethal scientific research and is a contrast to Japan's unnecessary lethal "research" in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary.Locations:Cook Islands-Oceania-Rarotonga-South Pacific OceanDate:16 Sep, 2007Credit:© Greenpeace / Paul HiltonMaximum size:3000px X 1868pxKeywords:Day-KWCI (GPI)-Mountains-Oceans (campaign title)-Outdoors-TreesShoot:Great Whale Trail ProjectThe Great Whale Trail is a collaborative project between Greenpeace and scientists working on humpback whales in the South Pacific. The whales have been tagged in order to produce important information on the movements and migratory destinations of humpback whales from small, un-recovered populations off the Rarotonga (Cook Islands) and New Caledonia. Greenpeace is communicating this critical non-lethal scientific research to the wider public as part of their campaign against Japan's unnecessary lethal "research" in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary.
