The Barents Sea stretches from Svalbard in the Arctic north, to the Norwegian and Russian mainland further south. For over 12,000 years, the North Barents Sea has had an Arctic…
The IWC (International Whaling Commission) is a main player in the protection of whales. It was formed to pull together hitherto piecemeal national responses to the mass depletion of whale…
It is almost guaranteed that whale watchers will see whales off the Nova Scotia coast if they go at the right time of year. Broadly speaking, this is from spring…
Winter is not the season for whale watching; spring through to late autumn is the time for this. However, if you find yourself in the region in winter, as a…
Background Whaling as a commercial activity started around the 11th century, with the trading of products from the northern right whale. From then, it steadily increased, to an industrial level,…