The whaling season : an inside account of the struggle to stop commercial whaling /

"In the waters surrounding Antarctica, a lethal practice continues. Despite an international moratorium on commercial whaling, one fleet in the Southern Ocean persists in hunting and killing whales. The Whaling Season recounts the extraordinary efforts to intercept that fleet and halt the slaug...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mulvaney, Kieran
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Island Press/Shearwater Books, 2003.
Temas:
Mulvaney, Kieran > Travel > Polar regions.
Mulvaney, Kieran
Greenpeace International.
Greenpeace International
Whales > Polar regions.
Whaling > Polar regions.
Wildlife conservation > Polar regions.
Baleines > Régions polaires.
Baleines > Chasse > Régions polaires.
Faune > Protection > Régions polaires.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Travel
Whales
Whaling
Wildlife conservation
Polar regions
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: The Antarctic, December 2001 xi
  • Chapter 1 Beginnings 1
  • Chapter 2 South from Singapore 23
  • Chapter 3 Life and Death at the End of the Earth 45
  • Chapter 4 Cat-and-Mouse Among the Icebergs 63
  • Chapter 5 Contact 85
  • Chapter 6 A Brief History of the Mismanagement of Whaling 109
  • Chapter 7 Chronicle of a Voyage from Hell 133
  • Chapter 8 "Great God! This Is an Awful Place ..." 155
  • Chapter 9 Sanctuary 181
  • Chapter 10 A Place Called Paradise 201
  • Chapter 11 Red-Handed 225
  • Chapter 12 Vote Buying, Canny Proposals, and Fish-Eating Whales 251
  • Chapter 13 One Last Roll of the Dice 274.

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