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Dead minke whales on the flensing deck of the research/factory ship, the Nisshin Maru, of the Japanese whaling fleet.
Dead minke whales on the flensing deck of the research/factory ship, the Nisshin Maru, of the Japanese whaling fleet, Southern Ocean
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Location: Southern Ocean, Antarctica
Photo credit: © jeremy sutton-hibbert / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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