3. A Revolution in Whaling

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface ix
4. 1. Russia’s Whale Problem 1
5. 2. The Whales of Distant Seas 8
6. 3. A Revolution in Whaling 23
7. 4. North Pacific Numbers 39
8. 5. War and Glory in the Antarctic 57
9. 6. Aleksei Solyanik and the End of Area V 74
10. 7. The Kollektiv and the Long Ruble 98
11. 8. The Cetacean Genocide 113
12. 9. Scientists Locate Their Prey 134
13. 10. Whales in the Home 151
14. 11. A Whale Is Not a Fish: Back to the North Pacific 178
15. 12. Greenpeace and the View from the Dal’nii Vostok 190
16. Conclusion 213
17. Acknowledgments 219
18. Abbreviations 223
19. Notes 225
20. Index 259