Baleia, Baleia
Whalers of the Azores
Narrated by PATRICK ALLEN
Baleia - Portuguese for whale - is a cry that signals the start of the hunt for the most awesome creature of the ocean. In the classic tradition of Moby Dick the Azorean whalers still challenge the giant sperm whale using hand-thrown harpoons - but their days are numbered.
Massive factory ships have taken over and the communities whose livelihood depends on whaling are now - like the whales themselves - threatened with extinction.
Photography JOHN WALKER
Film editor HOWARD BILLINGHAM Assistant producer JOHN PAUL DAVIDSON
Producer TONY SALMON Series editors
ANTHONY ISAACS and PETER JONES
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