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Pilot Whaling in the Faroe Islands
Language: en
Pages: 297
Authors: Jóan Pauli Joensen
Categories: Globicephala melaena
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009 - Publisher: Faroe University Press

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The Land of Maybe
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Tim Ecott
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-09-09 - Publisher:

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'In this excellent book, Ecott's evocative telling makes me want to go to this weird and wonderful place.' - PAUL THEROUX 'I never want to leave the remote isla
A Thousand Years of Whaling
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Seán Kerins
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-01-01 - Publisher: University of Alberta Press

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Whaling for food has been a part of Faroese life for the past thousand years. Late in the 20th century, this community-based activity came under enormous pressu
No Nation is an Island
Language: en
Pages: 260
Authors: Tom Nauerby
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996 - Publisher: Aarhus University Press

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This study follows the process of nation-building in a tiny nation -- the Faroe Islands, a cluster of 18 rocky islands in the North Atlantic. Originally settled
We Are All Whalers
Language: en
Pages: 234
Authors: Michael J. Moore
Categories: Nature
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-11-12 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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"Marine scientist Michael J. Moore says we are all whalers, but we don't have to be. Eating fish leads to North Atlantic right whales' entanglement and death. B