Norway’s Whaling Ways: Sandefjord’s Whaling Museum (Hvalfangstmuseet)   - a podcast by Mark Leiren-Young | Oceans, orcas, eco-ethics and the environment.

Today Norway is one of only three whaling nations in the world, but the country’s whaling operations used to be worldwide. Dag Ingemar Børresen of Sandefjord’s Whaling Museum (Hvalfangstmuseet) on Norway’s whaling history and the market for Minke meat.



“I guess...Norwegians are not very…. I mean it was just….  a whale.  I don’t think Norwegians have this sort of emotional connection with the whales at all..”

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