Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Russian-Whaling-in-North-Pacific-27MZIF2F3EYM.htmlConceptually similarSoviet Whaling in North PacificGP03HDDCompleted★★★★Soviet Whaling Ship in North PacificGP03HDBCompleted★★★★Russian Whaling in North PacificGP03LJICompleted★★★★Russian Whaling in North PacificGP03LKBCompleted★★★★Soviet Whaling in North PacificGP03HDECompleted★★★★Russian Whaling in North PacificGP03LJ2Completed★★★★Russian Whaling in North PacificGP03LJ4Completed★★★★Dead Whale in North PacificGP03LMNCompleted★★★★Soviet Whaling Action in North PacificGP03N5SCompleted★★★★View AllGP03LK9Russian Whaling in North PacificA Soviet harpoon ship crew lashes a dead Sperm whale to the gunwales of the whaling ship. North Pacific, Mendocino ridge, 50 miles west of the California coast.Locations:North America-North Pacific OceanDate:26 Jun, 1975Credit:© Greenpeace / Rex WeylerMaximum size:3673px X 3010pxKeywords:Day-KWCI (GPI)-Oceans (campaign title)-Outdoors-Whales-Whaling-Whaling shipsShoot:Soviet Whaling Tour in North Pacific 1975Greenpeace 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. The shoot includes images from the very first encounter with the Soviet whalers, the first time Greenpeace confronted whalers, on June 26, 1975. A year after the group embarked again with both the Phyllis Cormack and the James Bay to defend the whales.Related Collections:Soviet Whaling Tour in North Pacific 1975 (Photo & Video)
