The whaling season : an inside account of the struggle to stop commercial whaling / Kieran Mulvaney.
The whaling season : an inside account of the struggle to stop commercial whaling / Kieran Mulvaney.
The whaling season : an inside account of the struggle to stop commercial whaling / Kieran Mulvaney.
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Washington, DC : Island Press/Shearwater Books, 2003.
Date
2003.
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N333.9595/ 2
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English
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Physical content
xvii, 348 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Prologue: The Antarctic, December 2001 -- Ch. 1. Beginnings -- Ch. 2. South from Singapore -- Ch. 3. Life and Death at the End of the Earth -- Ch. 4. Cat-and-Mouse Among the Icebergs -- Ch. 5. Contact -- Ch. 6. A Brief History of the Mismanagement of Whaling -- Ch. 7. Chronicle of a Voyage from Hell...
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Washington, DC : Island Press/Shearwater Books, 2003.
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District of Columbia
Date Published
2003.
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Summary
"In the waters surrounding Antarctica, a lethal practice continues. Despite an international moratorium on commercial whaling, one fleet in the Southern Ocean persists in hunting and killing whales. The Whaling Season recounts the extraordinary efforts to intercept that fleet and halt the slaughter in one of the Earth's last great wilderness areas....
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The whaling season : an inside account of the struggle to stop commercial whaling / Kieran Mulvaney.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N333.9595/ 2
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74VvBBBOKrPX
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ISBN
1559639784 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781559639781 (hbk. : alk. paper)
1559639784 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9781559639781 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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333.9595
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991016580509702626
