Russian Whaling Action in North Pacific

A Greenpeace Zodiac races along side a Russian whaling ship, attempting to blockade the whale hunt.
North Pacific Ocean, Mendocino Ridge, 50 miles west of the California coast.

Unique identifier: GP03HHQ

Type: Image

Shoot date: 26/06/1975

Locations: North Pacific Ocean

Credit line: © Greenpeace / Rex Weyler

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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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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