Grind In The Faroe Islands This morning, at approximately 0840 local time, a large pod of pilot whales was slaughtered in the first grindadráp (grind) of the year, on the island of Vágar in the northwest [...] Sleppid Grindini. The ordeal commenced at approximately 0400 local time when the Faroese Fisheries Patrol vessel, Brimil, located the large pod south of the island of Vágar. Over the next four to five [...] hunting boats drove the pod, finally herding them on to the beach of Miðvágur where the grind eventually took place. CEO of Sea Shepherd Global, Alex Cornelissen, said, “The beaches of the Faroe Islands are

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onlookers can drag the body on to the quay…. From now on it is hard work for the whalingmen day and night until the meat has been won. A body of men, the vaktarhald, is appointed to drag the harbour for such [...] rð the fiord south-east of Tórshavn. The tide and darkness made the hunt compIicated for the small boates. In spide of the entired blackout because of the war a British officer in charge turned on the [...] celebration. For the evening after a whale-hunt the townfólk gather in the dance-hall and around the harbour-head, and celebrate their good fortune by joining in the national dance. The origin of the curious

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Joensen í Duel in the Pool hevur verið umrøtt í fleiri miðlum uttanlands. Eitt nú skrivar Swimming World Magazine soleiðis: Faroes’ Pal Joensen put on a show in the men’s distance race for the day, turning [...] victorious time of 7:36.24. That performance pushed him to a tie for sixth in the all time rankings with his consistent swim. USA’s Michael Klueh gave Joensen a bit of a run early on in the swim, but faded [...] Mads Glaesner finished third in 7:42.27. Klueh officially lowered the American record of 7:43.06 set by Jeff Kostoff back in 1983. The fastest American swim is a 7:33.94 from Chad La Tourette, but was

Most of the people in the world have an affinity for the whales and dolphins. Most of the world feels their uniqueness and most of the world values these wondrous creatures alive. Most of the world views [...] decades. The world needs to know what is happening in the Faeroes and just as we brought the horror of the Taiji dolphin slaughter to the attention of the world with the Academy Award-winning film The Cove [...] room at the Torshavn Hotel. With the reservation confirmed, we issued a notice of the event to take place on Saturday, August 13. But just the next day, the hotel cancelled the reservation on the advice

Næsti steðgur var í Disney Land. Vit fingu ein heilan dag í høvuðsparkini, The Magic King­dom, sum er ein útav 4 Disney World høvuðsparkum í Orlando. Av tí at tað er so stórt og vit bert fingu vitja tí [...] frá teimum amerikonsku filmunum. Eftir skoytingina fóru vit í bygn­ingin The Rock sum liggur í Rockefeller Center. Á toppinum á The Rock høvdu vit gott útsýni yvir alt Manhattan. Sum flestu føroyingar, so [...] sentrum í Manhattan, so gingu vit okkara dagligu gongd í Fifth Avenue, har m.a. Times Square liggur. Tá ið man kemur til Times Square, so verður ein fullkomiliga kringsettur av lýsingum og jólaprýði. Her

that the Norwegian StatoilHydro is the most active oil company in Faroe territory. StatoilHydro has been the pioneer in several areas in the Faroes and was the first operating company to drill in the Faroes [...] another D.kr. 100 can be added. These are just the amounts used on seismic on both licenses. This means that the amounts involved for the two drilling projects, the Longan in 2001 and Brugdan in 2006, are not [...] in the Faroes? -“The Brugdan drilling was the very first so-called basalt drilling in the Faroes. Approximately 90 % of the Faroe area is covered by basalt, so if we are to continue to work in the Faroes

forty percent of the people in the Faroes. Oil industry activities The objective for the participation of the Port of Tórshavn and their former participation at ONS is largely to support the companies par [...] The Port of Tórshavn is once again a participant at ONS this year, as was the case the foregoing years. They will represent both Tórshavn as a town and as the Port of Tórshavn, which is the direct gateway [...] port. The Tórshavn Harbour office is located on the eastern harbour arm in Tórshavn and has thirteen full-time employees, who apart from the whole harbour area in Tórshavn, also are responsible for large