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NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS AND WEBSITES

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BBC website

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Daily Telegraph

The Guardian

The Independent

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FURTHER INFORMATION

‘The Hunt for Moby Dick’, an Arena film: www.thehuntformobydick.com

UK Whale and Dolphin Stranding Scheme: www.nhm.ac.uk/zoology/stranding

Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society: www.wdcs.org

Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies: www.coastalstudies.org

New Bedford Whaling Museum: www.whalingmuseum.org

International Whaling Commission: www.iwcoffice.org