George Korotva on Phyllis Cormack

Crew onboard the Phyllis Cormack. The Phyllis Cormack was charted and set out from Vancouver to campaign against Soviet whalers in the North Pacific. In this clip Greenpeace Russian translator George Korotva talks about the Russian whaling ships they have intercepted.

Unique identifier: GP0STPQE4

Type: Video

Shoot date: 01/05/1975

Locations: Canada, North America, North Pacific Ocean

Credit line: © Greenpeace

Duration: 1m46s

Audio format: Natural

File size 330MB

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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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.

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