*This article was originally published prior to our name change but we’re incorporating past events into our refreshed blog platform to celebrate our achievements throughout the years, first as Sea Shepherd UK and now as Captain Paul Watson UK (aka Neptune's Pirates).
About our name changeSea Shepherd Iceland in partnership with Sea Shepherd U.K. and Sea Shepherd France are chartering a boat to Iceland this summer to document the illegal and barbaric operations of Kristján Loftsson and his two pirate whaling ships ‘Hvalur 8’ and ‘Hvalur 9’.
Last summer (2018) Sea Shepherd UK’s crew on Operation Mjolnir documented the slaughter of 144 Fin whales, one highly endangered Blue whale and another rare Blue/Fin hybrid.
Kristján Loftsson framed by the huge jawbone of a harpooned fin whale. Photo: Neptune's pirates uk
This summer we are chartering a boat to patrol alongside the whaling ships to document, live-stream video, and film using drones, 24 hours per day, the atrocities of the harpoon vessels, as they hunt for Fin whales, miles off the West coast of Iceland.
Armed with cameras and drones, the crew will focus international attention on Loftsson’s illicit operations by live streaming his activities.
Operation Northern Exposure will be a campaign in which Loftsson’s ships and crew will never be physically touched or interfered with in any way - BUT it will be a campaign in which their every action will be documented and live-streamed in a new global exposure and social media campaign.
The killing of whales by Iceland’s Kristján Loftsson will no longer continue out of sight and out of mind.
The people of Iceland do not support whaling. The children of Iceland do not support whaling. The children of the world do not support whaling. The people of the world do not support whaling. The visitors who come to Iceland to experience the beauty and uniqueness of Iceland do not support whaling.
Sea Shepherd believes that the camera is our most powerful weapon. The world and the people of Iceland will see the horrific brutality of Kristján Loftsson’s whale killing and hear the pitiful and agonizing screams of endangered Fin whales as their bodies are viciously shattered by explosive harpoons.
One man is responsible for this death and cruelty.
Hvalur 8 drags two harpooned Fin whales into Hvalfjörður. Photo: Neptunes pirates UK
An Endangered Fin whale is dragged up the slipway at the whaling station at Miðsandur on the North side of Hvalfjörður, Iceland. Photo: Neptune's pirates UK
The dead fetus of a Fin whale is dragged out of public view during the butchering of it’s harpooned mother at the whaling station at Miðsandur ;  Neptune's pirates UK
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Further information:The Icelandic whaling company ‘Hvalur hf’ operates a large shore based whaling station at Miðsandur on the North side of Hvalfjörður and two old Norwegian built whaling ships, Hvalur 8 (built in 1948) and Hvalur 9 (built in 1952).
Hvalur hf's CEO is multi-millionnaire fishing magnate and second-generation whaler Kristján Loftsson. Loftsson's company is notorious for exclusively hunting protected Fin whales, the second largest animal on the planet after the Blue whale.In 2018 Sea Shepherd UK launched Operation Mjolnir - the most comprehensive land based campaign to document and expose Icelandic whaling.