Date: Thu, 30 May 1996
Iceland, Whaling and Watching
From: Oceantouren.Ina.Karl@T-online.de (Ina Karl)

Hi my name is Ina and I am located in Germany. Our company is doing whale watching tours all over the world. I contact you today because there is a familiy of whales we know in danger very much in the near future.

We are building up a little whale watching business in Iceland. A group of about 15 Minke Whales return each Summer into our bay. They are very known to our boat and come very close. Sometimes they even make body contact when swimmers are in the water. Since 2 weeks a great promotion of the whalers started in iceland to begin with whaling again.

On the 6th June I will take a German TV team to film the whales and the discussion going on still. We will try to get a worldwide promtion on that problem and save our whale family. That is a nice story for all the other whales up there. We will have material available for all TV stations that are interested and photo material as well.

Also we have printed a post card in Iceland Language addressed to the Government. People can order it in Germany.

The Iceland public has to be aware that there are thousands of tourists in the world, prepared to vist Icelands whales.

Can you help us ???

We need lots of people telling Iceland: we will visit you and give them a feeling: There is more money in whale tourism than in Whale Killing !!!!

If you have any contacts to TV/radios and organisations, please pass them to us.

We offer tours with very specialised biologists to unusual places. For example we have 3 tours each 10 days with the right whales of the South in Argentina each year. Very succesful for us and the whales. Even underwater photographers are welcome with this whales. Same on the Azores with groups of Sperm whales and Risso's dolphins. We could offer slide material and sighting reports.

Thanks a lot in advance and best whales

Ina Karl
The Whale House
Stock Libary on marine mammals
Ceantours & Expeditions
Westfalenstr. 92
58636 ISERLOHN
Germany
Tel ++49 2371 689333
Fax ++49 2371 689335

Also in the evening Hot Line Tel: ++49 2371 461063 MET



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