Whaling in the Faroe Islands

Whaling in the Faroe Islands (Grindadráp)

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  Grindadráp at Vestmanna (17 June 1854)

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  Whaling Scene (17 June 1854)

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  Whaling implements and tools

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  Grindadráp at Vágur

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  Killed pilot whales at the beach of Hvalba

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  Memorial in memory of 14 young men from Hvalba and Sandvík, who lost their lives when two boats capsized during a whal hunt in Sandvík in 1915.

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  Boats are driving a pod of pilot whales into the bay of Vágur in August 2012.

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  In the bay of Nes by Hvalba

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  Killed dolphins in Hvalba

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  Killed dolphins in Hvalba

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  Killed dolphins in Hvalba

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  Killed dolphins in Hvalba

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  Killed dolphins in Hvalba