Soviet Whaling Action

Greenpeace's 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. A year after the group embarked again with both the Phyllis Cormack and the James Bay to defend the whales. It includes George Korotva using microphone to plead Soviet crew to stop whaling, saying "We don't want you to kill the whales!".

Unique identifier: GP03IRE

Type: Video

Shoot date: 01/06/1975

Locations: Pacific Ocean

Credit line: © Greenpeace

Duration: 2m47s

Audio format: Mute

Ranking: ★★★★★★★ (A)

Containers

Shoot:

Soviet Whaling Tours in North Pacific 1975 - 1976 (VIDEOS)

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.

Related Collections:

Soviet Whaling Tour in North Pacific 1975 (Photo & Video)

Greenpeace Highlights: 70s (Videos)

Conceptually similar