Extra: A Modern Whaler Speaks Up (Update)
· 27 min · Bonus
Episode Extra: A Modern Whaler Speaks Up (Update)
Bjørn Andersen has killed hundreds of minke whales. He tells us how he does it, why he does it, and what he thinks would happen if whale-hunting ever stopped. (This bonus episode is a follow-up to our series “Everything You Never Knew About Whaling.”)
• SOURCES:
• Bjørn Andersen, Norwegian whaler.
• RESOURCES:
• "Digestive physiology of minke whales," by S.D. Mathiesen, T.H. Aagnes, W. Sørmo, E.S. Nordøy, A.S. Blix, M.A. Olsen (Developments in Marine Biology, 1995). • "Norway Is Planning to Resume Whaling Despite World Ban," by Craig Whitney (New York Times, 1992). • "Commission Votes to Ban Hunting of Whales," by Philip Shabecoff (New York Times, 1982).
• EXTRAS:
• "Everything You Never Knew About Whaling," series by Freakonomics Radio (2023).
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Links in the notes 5
- https://freakonomics.com/podcast-tag/everything-you-never-knew-about-whaling/
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0163699506800363#:~:text=The%20stomach%20consists%20of%20four,and%20caecum%20are%20poorly%20developed
- https://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/30/world/norway-is-planning-to-resume-whaling-despite-world-ban.html
- https://www.nytimes.com/1982/07/24/us/commission-votes-to-ban-hunting-of-whales.html
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