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Final voyage of the Japanese whaling fleet?

Following a week of potentially crippling budgetary reviews and a high-profile visit from US President Barack Obama to Japan, shortly after 10am today the so-called 'scientific' whaling fleet crept out of port, as Greenpeace called for today's departure to be the programme's last.

Greenpeace Opening Statement to IWC 61, Madeira, Portugal

The island of Madeira is an appropriate setting for the 61st International Whaling Commission meeting, and a model for how the organisation could be transformed.

Japan and the Coastal Whaling trade off

On 11 May 2009, the BBC revealed that, as part of what is billed as a peace process at the IWC, Japan had offered to reduce its 'scientific' catch of whales in Antarctic waters to 650 per year – just 29 less than it killed last season - in return for being given a quota of 150 whales a year in Japanese coastal waters.

Whaling in the Antarctic

The devastation of whale populations by commercial whaling in the Southern Ocean is well documented, with 95 percent of the biomass of whales lost and the blue whale brought to the edge of extinction.

Shipping and touring in the Antarctic

Antarctic tourism has been growing at a rapid pace for well over a decade, with more than 40,000 tourists visiting Antarctica in the 2007/2008 season.

Krill: Antarctica's food

Antarctic krill are small shrimp-like crustaceans that are the principle food source for many Antarctic predators including seals, penguins, albatross, various fish species and the seven species of baleen whales that feed in the Southern Ocean.

Antarctica & Climate Change

Climate change is driving major changes in Antarctic, just as it is in the Arctic. Although some areas are warming while others are apparently cooling, recent studies show the continent as a whole appears to be warming.

Polar Oceans

The Arctic and the Antarctic, two of the greatest wilderness areas on Earth with ecosystems vital to the functioning of our planet, are under assault from the impacts of rapidly accelerating climate change, industrialization, and the unchecked consumption of our planet's resources.

Mar 09 - Climate Alarm!

Krill. Hard to believe, but this tiny creature feeds the entire Antarctic, from whales to fish to penguins.