Posted on 29/12/07
Take that, Ahab
THE WHALE WARRIORSThe Battle at the Bottom of the World To Save the Planet's Largest MammalsBy Peter HellerFree Press, 304 pages, $29.99The tale begins in December, 2005, in Melbourne, Australia, where, in strong contrast to the Australian government's blind eye to Japanese whaling transgressions (funny how trade always clouds ethical vision), stevedores, local construction crews and other Aussies help provision the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's ship Farley Mowat, and prepare it for the long and bumpy battle ahead (30-feet seas seem to have been the norm).
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