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Changing minds in Iceland

Minke whale, (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Enlarge Image

Stop Icelandic whaling

Iceland announced a few days ago the resumption of its "Scientific Whaling" programme. We have turned our flagship "Rainbow Warrior" around to do something about it.

Iceland has announced it will recommence whaling in 2003. Enlarge Image

Rainbow Warrior arrives in Reykjavik to oppose whaling

Our flagship Rainbow Warrior has now arrived in Reykjavik, Iceland, on its mission to help overturn the Icelandic Government's plan to resume its 'scientific whaling' programme.

Minke whale steaks barbecued in peaceful protest against Greenpeace in Iceland Enlarge Image

Greenpeace talks with Icelanders about whaling

Our flagship, The Rainbow Warrior, has begun to break the ice, so to speak, with the people of Iceland, in creating a dialogue about the government's plan to resume commercial whaling.

Minke caught by the whaling ship from Isafjordur in NW Iceland. Whalers cut the whale on board and place it in containers before bringing their boat in to the harbour. Enlarge Image

Icelanding whaling support declines

Our presence in Iceland is starting to turn the tide of opinion on this North Atlantic Island. The Icelandic Government is now reviewing the so-called "scientific whaling" programme and the Prime Minister recently indicated that if no export markets can be secured in future, this will mean an end to Icelandic whaling.

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Stop whaling

The harpoons are ready, and the whaling season has begun. The Norwegian government plans to take 670 minke whales in the only openly-declared commercial whale hunt in the world, while the Japanese government aim to kill 210 minke, Bryde's, sei and sperm whales in the north-western Pacific in a so called "Scientific" whaling programme. Iceland, the world's third whaling nation, has not yet made a decision on this year's take or if their "scientific" research programme will continue.

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