Open Pit Iron and Copper Mine in BC

The open pit iron and copper mine at Tasu, British Columbia on the west coast of of Haida Gwaii islands. The Greenpeace crew visited the mine; the Greenpeace boat is moored in the harbour below.

Unique identifier: GP03KUL

Type: Image

Shoot date: 01/06/1975

Locations: British Columbia, Canada, Haida Gwaii, North America

Credit line: © Greenpeace / Rex Weyler

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

Containers

Shoot:

Soviet Whaling Tour in North Pacific 1975

Greenpeace first anti whaling campaign was carried out during the summer of 1975 in the North Pacific Ocean using the sailing vessel Phyllis Cormack to oppose the activities of a Russian whaling fleet. The shoot includes images from the very first encounter with the Soviet whalers, the first time Greenpeace confronted whalers, on June 26, 1975. A year after the group embarked again with both the Phyllis Cormack and the James Bay to defend the whales.

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