Operation Northern Exposure
- Archive- Sea shepherd UK
- Aug 9, 2022
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Updated: 4 days ago
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This article was first published when our charity's original name/branding as 'Sea Shepherd UK' prior to our name change on 18th May 2023 following the removal of Captain Paul Watson from Sea Shepherd entities worldwide (with the exception of the UK, France and Brazil).
Captain Paul Watson remains a member of our Board, and our charity continues to uphold its founding principles of non-violent direct action marine conservation.
This article and its contents are the property of the 'Captain Paul Watson Foundation UK' and forms part of our 21 year history.
In 2018, Operation MjƶlnirĀ was launched documenting, for the first time, an entire Icelandic fin whaling season from vantage points around HvalfjƶrĆ°ur, Iceland. In March 2022, KristjĆ”n Loftsson, CEO of the Icelandic whaling company Hvalur hf, stated in the Icelandic media that his two ships would once again be hunting vulnerable fin whales (the second largest whale species after the blue whale) this summer. The Captain Paul Watson Foundation UK is therefore returning to Iceland with a more ambitious campaign this year, to expose the cruelty of the commercial hunting of fin whales around Iceland. Our crew will make sure Loftsson and Hvalur hf cannot kill fin whales without the world seeing every pregnant whale killed while carrying her unborn calf, every illegally hunted blue or blue/fin hybrid whale, and every harpoon embedded in every whale brought back to the whaling station ā through our online articles, social media posts, news releases, and live streams.
The Captain Paul Watson Foundation UK has announced the arrival of a chartered vessel in Iceland for Operation Northern Exposure. The campaign has already officially launched on land, with a crew of international volunteers documenting each whale in images, videos and livestreams as they are dragged back to the whaling station at Hvalfjƶrưur for butchering. The addition of the chartered vessel, with professional media teams onboard, will also allow us to document the harpoon ships in action at sea for the first time.
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