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Whale Oil To Fuel Whaling Ships?

The history of human interaction with the whale has been one marked by a seemingly irreconcilable tension between adulation of, and even awe for, these “monarchs of the deep” and the counterpoised desire to commercially exploit cetacean species for economic gain. The recent reports of one Icelanders whaling activities brings these ongoing tensions into the […]