I bought it the first time I went down to South Georgia — to work as an electrician for Christian Salvesen, Britain's biggest whaling company. I was employed first at Leith Harbour on South ...

Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson arrived in France ... such as ramming vessels or using acoustic weapons and water cannon. Watson calls such tactics "aggressive non-violence" – direct ...

These contrasting viewpoints figured prominently in the promulgation of the International Convention on the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW) signed in 1946. Most signatories wanted to ensure that ...