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An Inside Account Of The Struggle To Stop Commercial Whaling
Island Books
July 2003
On Sale: July 17, 2003
304 pages
ISBN: 1559639784
EAN: 9781559639781
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
Despite a decades-long international moratorium on
commercial whaling, one fleet has continued to hunt and kill
whales in the waters surrounding Antarctica. Refusing to let
this defiance go unchallenged, the environmental
organization Greenpeace began dispatching expeditions to the
region in an effort to intercept the whalers and use
nonviolent means to stop their lethal practice.Over the past
decade, Kieran Mulvaney led four such expeditions as a
campaigner and coordinator. In The Whaling Season, he
recounts those voyages in all their drama, disappointments,
strain, and elation, giving readers a behind-the-scenes look
at the hazards and triumphs of life as an environmental
activist on the high seas. The author also explores the
larger struggles underlying the expeditions, drawing on the
history of commercial whaling and Antarctic exploration, the
development of Greenpeace, and broader scientific and
political efforts to conserve marine life. He presents a
rich portrait of the current struggles and makes an
impassioned plea for protection of some of the world’s most
spectacular creatures.For armchair adventurers, polar
enthusiasts, and anyone concerned about marine conservation
and continued hunting of the world’s whales, The Whaling
Season is an engrossing and informative tale of adventure
set in one of the Earth’s last great wilderness areas.
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