BBC Wildlife Magazine

MARK CARWARDINE

“Why fly in the face of so much opposition from the rest of the world?”

Is Iceland really going to stop whaling? Has it hung up its harpoons for good? We’re certainly one step closer to a permanent end to the horrors of the past – no whales have been killed in the land of ice and fire for two years – but, despite

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