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Welcome to Deception Island
Deception Island. The name alone conjures intrigue, concealment and trickery. Upon approaching this remote Antarctic outcrop, a desolate and forbidding coastline looms – sheer, snow-capped rocky crags and barren volcanic slopes cloaked in a soup of swirling fog. Occupied sporadically for a century or more, ghost settlements are now all that remain of the island’s earlier human ventures. Several vicious volcanic eruptions have made sure of that.
Continue reading...The Real-Life Legend of the White Leviathan
Monday, August 17, 2009
The boat rose and fell on the billowing surface of the high seas, in heady pursuit of the white leviathan that was to prove its undoing. Ahead, the ferocious whale wheeled off its course with an almighty surge, reared up, and charged at the crew. Its gigantic body and terrible flukes breaking and beating against the water, the sea creature known by the name of Mocha Dick bore down on boat, ‘jaws on.’ The men held their breath; it was to be their last.
Continue reading...Awesome Life Size Blue Whale on the Web
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society have a truly extraordinary photograph online: a life size image of a Blue Whale. You can travel leisurely over the entire leviathan for as long as your dreams allow. Read on to find out some more about this most majestic of beasts – which even puts the largest dinosaurs down to size.
Continue reading...The Soliloquy of the Blue Whale
Thursday, June 11, 2009
My species is the largest that ever lived, with one of the longest life spans on record – 150 years or more... and you nearly killed us all! That’s right, I’m a giant blue whale, over 100’ long, and if you had a scale that could handle me, I’d weigh about 170 metric tons. Nothing that big that ever lived on land can match this.
Continue reading...First Shots Fired in War Over Japanese Whaling?
Friday, March 7, 2008
Have the first shots been fired in the war over whaling? The SSCS ship Robert Hunter before its transformation into the Steve Irwin. Photo by Alpha Captain Paul Watson, leader of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, said that he was shot by Japanese Coast Guard members during a confrontation [...]
Continue reading...Group Says Eating Whales Will Stop Global Warming
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
A Norwegian group has come up with a controversial new idea, save the planet by eating whales. A Norwegian group thinks eating this minke whale is environmentally friendly . Image by Julius Agrippa The attention grabbing idea comes from the High North Alliance, a group that lobbies for [...]
Continue reading...Top UK University Takes Cash from Japanese Whaling Agency
Monday, March 3, 2008
A top British university has been criticized after it emerged they accepted money from the Japanese agency in charge of the country’s annual whale hunt. The classics building at the university. Original image by Jjhake The University of St Andrews in Scotland is one of the most prestigious institutions [...]
Continue reading...Detained Activists Planted Bugs on Japanese Harpoon Ship
Monday, February 25, 2008
Last month, two members of the radical anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) boarded a Japanese whaling ship. The SSCS ship Robert Hunter before its transformation into the Steve Irwin. Photo by Alpha The story became an international incident when the two men were held on board by [...]
Continue reading...Whalers Outlast Protesters, Greenpeace Must Return to Port for Fuel
Sunday, January 27, 2008
After more than 2 weeks and 4,000 miles, the Greenpeace ship Esperanza has had to abandon its quest to stop the Japanese whaling fleet due to a lack of fuel. Greenpeace estimated their actions so far had saved more than 100 whales, but without refueling their lives could [...]
Continue reading...Detained Activists Returned to Ship, Whaling Fleet Returns to Whaling
Friday, January 18, 2008
Japan has released the two anti-whaling activists who boarded their vessel and they have returned to their Sea Shepherd Conservation Society ship. Japan had originally said it would not release the two men unless the anti-whaling ship agreed to immediately
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
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