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Esperanza in Iceland

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.

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.

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.

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.

Of mice and whales

They go by aliases and real names: Echo. Bluplanet. Ann Novek. Tig3933.Chris99. They stop nuclear reprocessing plants, save forests and whales, hound corporations and hold the feet of bureaucrats to the fire. Who ARE these people? They're a non-violent army, a rowdy herd of mice, hundreds of thousands of web-savvy internet inhabitants who ask the question "Why just surf... when you can make waves?"