A 1977 image of a whale being harpooned by a Russian vessel was among a series of whaling photos from Greenpeace which shocked the world (Credit: Rex Weyler) In the 1970s, a small group of ...

The photos were taken by Robert James Hewer aboard ... other whalers as well as scenes of the way of life at the Antarctic whaling stations.' Auctioneer Charles Miller added: 'It is extremely ...

So off we go, looking for the whalers, and we found the Russian whaling fleet off the coast of California." "We knew we had to take photos, we knew it had to be dramatic. That was the whole ...