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World’s Whales Face Extinction Threat in Global Debate
Kyokuyo Maru No. 3 sails for Antarctica as crews bid farewell for six months. Conservationists push for a worldwide moratorium amid fears of species decline, while Japan and the Soviet Union defend continued hunts and whale meat use.
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James P. Sterba
NYT
Tokyo
Chiba
Tokyo Bay
Antarctic
Herman Melville
Ahab
U. S
Soviet Union
Japan
Siberia
Asian
Moscow
International Whaling Commission