Archive for October 20th, 1999

Report – EV1001 – Minke Whaling

Stefan Mårtensson, 991020

A brief history of minke whaling

Hunting for minke whale along the coast of Norway is an old practice. Whaling was mentioned in written sources as early as the 800s and hunting minke whales with harpoons was common in the 1200s. A very special way of hunting minke whales that does not appear to be described anywhere else in the world took place in certain places in Western Norway, where the animals were trapped in coves and killed with the aid of bacteria-infected arrows. This form of whaling went on all the way up to this century. Read the rest of this entry »