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Icelanding whaling support declines

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.

Greenpeace action against Japanese whaling in Southern Ocean. Enlarge Image

Japanese whale fleet ready

Greenpeace has learned that five vessels will set forth shortly from Shimonoseki in Japan, perhaps as early as Friday, to hunt whales once again. They continue to do so despite a worldwide moratorium on commercial whaling, under the false pretence that their purpose is "research."

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

Changing minds in Iceland

According to a new Gallup poll, 48 percent of the Icelandic public thinks the existence of groups like Greenpeace is "rather important to very important" -- a marked shift from past antagonism against Greenpeace for its anti-whaling policies.

Esperanza in Isafjordur, Iceland Enlarge Image

Esperanza in Iceland

One day, our ship is docked in Iceland's number one whaling station. The next, the country's number one whale-watching spot. The contrast is striking. Isafjordur, in the stunning west fjords on the northwestern coast, is a sleepy ring of houses, an aging port, and an airstrip clinging to a fjord. Husavik, on the far northern coast of Iceland just on the edge of the arctic circle, is a bustling whale-watching success story.

Greenpeace volunteers sail to mark the launch of the IWC (International Whaling Commission) opening this week. Enlarge Image

Whales for sale

Pity poor whaling nations like Japan. They are so alone on this issue, and their arguments for whaling are so thin, that they need to buy friends and supporters in their desperate attempt to resume the commercial slaughter of the world's most impressive mammals.

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Latest: On October 16, 2006 Iceland granted a license for the commercial killing of 30 minke and 9 fin whales. Send a message of protest to Icelandic tourist officials here.

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Voyage to Iceland
Read about the 2003 voyage of the Rainbow Warrior around Iceland at the Iceland Tour weblog.

More Information
Read Greenpeace's offer to the Icelandic Government
The truth about "scientific whaling"
A rebuttal to the Icelandic Ambassador's defence of scientific whaling.
Whale watching -- the future?
Whaling: A brief history