@ruth_mottram@fediscience.orgSimultaneously fascinating and horrifying: memories from the last of the Scottish whalers in this episode of #RareEarth about the whale hunts of the Antarctic that led to near extinction.
Rare Earth: A Whale's Life
Episode webpage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002f013
@ruth_mottram@fediscience.orgWhat I find really interesting is how we judge people from different cultures who basically do the same thing. Think about Greenlandic narwhal hunters, they're generally considered quite differently to Faroese pilot whale hunters, or indeed, this old boy who was sailing south to hunt humpbacks, sperm and blue whales in the 1950s 60s...
#RareEarth about the whale hunts of the Antarctic that led to near extinction.
Rare Earth: A Whale's Life
Episode webpage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002f013
@lilmikesf@c.imThe #TrumpedUp #tradewar "victory" of securing #RareEarth minerals from #China is only here after dearth of wisdom from Team
