In the conservation movement there is a story still told of the whaler with a heart, the Australian harpooner who, swayed by the 1970s Save the Whale campaign, turned his back on the killing. It is unlikely that many, except for a handful who were there, will remember his name or even believe he existed. But exist he did. In the town he called home, Albany, Western Australia, he was also once known as the man who put one over the anti-whaling protesters in 1977 and generally rubbed their faces in it. The conflicting views are both, in their way, correct. businessinsider.au/the-true-story-of-the-australian-whaling-ship-captain-who-turned-his-back-on-harpooning-2014-8
Posted on: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 05:10:27 +0000
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