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Britain's Whale Hunters: The Untold Story
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Britain's Whale Hunters: The Untold Story

Adam Nicolson looks at how and why whale populations were so drastically reduced in the 20th century, and attempts to see whaling through the eyes of the time.

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  • A glimpse into the world of British whaling in the 1950s

  • Ships of the British whaling fleet in Antarctica

  • The Whaling Station hospital—The Fall

    Duration: 1:07
  • Competition for whales—The Fall

    Duration: 2:22
  • Ski Jumping at the whaling station—The Fall

    Duration: 2:18
  • Whale products and whaling in the 18th and 19th century—The Rise

    Duration: 2:35
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Related Links

Further information on South Georgia
The South Georgia Heritage Trust
The Whaling Times
Sandefjord Whaling Museum, Norway (Europe’s only museum of whales and whaling)

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