A very early printed photograph of a Nowegian whaling ship crewman operating a harpoon gun. Despite controversy whaling continuesin Norway especially the hunting of minke whales for use as animal and human food both in Norway and for export to Japan. Norway's whaling industry today is limited to the minke whales, which are killed using explosive penthrite grenade harpoonswhich are considered much more humane than 'cold' harpoons

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