Forgotten whale hunting boat, Spitsbergen, Norway.

Adult humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) co-operatively bubble-net feeding in Southeast Alaska, United States of America

Adult humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) co-operatively bubble-net feeding in Southeast Alaska, United States of America

Adult brown bear (Ursus arctos) shaking water from its fur near whale carcass in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, United States of America

A mother polar bear (Ursus maritimus), and cub of the year feeding on a fin whale carcass in Holmabukta in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Young male polar bear (Ursus maritimus), feeding on a fin whale carcass in Holmabukta in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Whale hunting scene replica, Albaola The Sea Factory of The Basques, Pasaia San Pedro, San Sebastian, Bay of Biscay, province of Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain, Europe

A mother polar bear (Ursus maritimus), and cub of the year leaving a fin whale carcass in Holmabukta in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

A mother polar bear (Ursus maritimus), and cub of the year feeding on a fin whale carcass in Holmabukta in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

A mother polar bear (Ursus maritimus), and cub of the year feeding on a fin whale carcass in Holmabukta in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Mother polar bear (Ursus maritimus) and cub-of-the-year disputing then allowing a male bear to feed on a fin whale, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Adult male polar bear (Ursus maritimus) drawn to a fin whale carcass in Holmabukta in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Two mother polar bears (Ursus maritimus) with cubs of the year watch a male bear feeding on a fin whale carcass in Svalbard, Norway

Young male polar bear (Ursus maritimus), shaking its fur, feeding on a fin whale carcass in Holmabukta in Svalbard, Norway

A mother polar bear (Ursus maritimus), with cub of the year feeding on a fin whale carcass in Holmabukta, Svalbard, Norway

Young male polar bear (Ursus maritimus), feeding on a fin whale carcass in Holmabukta in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Raw whale meat, Grise Fjord, most northern community in America, Nunavut, Canadian Arctic, Canada, North America

A pod of transient killer whales (Orcinus orca), catching and killing an elephant seal in Monterey Bay Marine Sanctuary, California, United States of America, North America

A pod of transient killer whales (Orcinus orca), catching and killing a harbor porpoise in Monterey Bay Marine Sanctuary, California, United States of America, North America

Can Opener, CA60, hunting a sealion, arguably the largest male Orca (Orcinus Orca) in whole of the California coastline, United States of America, North America

Can Opener, CA60, hunting a sealion, arguably the largest male Orca (Orcinus Orca) in whole of the California coastline, United States of America, North America

A householder in Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands who has created a whale museum, with an anti whaling slant.

Transient killer whales (Orca) (Orcinus orca), hunting a California sealion (Zalophus californianus), Monterey, California, United States of America, North America

The actual moment of take for a group of five transient Orca (Orcinus orca) that chased, killed, and then ate a single female Dall's porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) in Icy Strait, Alaska, USA

The actual moment of take for a group of five transient Orca (Orcinus orca) that chased, killed, and then ate a single female Dall's porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) in Icy Strait, Alaska, USA

Inuit Settlement with locals cutting large slabs of whale meat from a freshly caught Grey whale, Lorino Village (Chukotskiy Peninsular) Russia, Asia.

Inuit Settlement with locals cutting large slabs of whale meat from a freshly caught Grey whale, Lorino Village (Chukotskiy Peninsular) Russia, Asia.

Whale hunters. Note the typically small boat and home made harpoon- an adapted rifle. Eastern Caribbean

Inuit Settlement with locals cutting large slabs of whale meat from a freshly caught Grey whale, Lorino Village (Chukotskiy Peninsular) Russia, Asia.

Inuit Settlement with local boy pretending to surf on the tale of a freshly caught Grey whale, Lorino Village (Chukotskiy Peninsular) Russia, Asia.

Whale hunters. Note the typically small boat and home made harpoon- an adapted rifle. Eastern Caribbean

Inuit Settlement with locals and whale hunters, cutting large slabs of whale meat from a freshly caught Grey whale, Lorino Village (Chukotskiy Peninsular) Russia, Asia.

Inuit Settlement with locals cutting large slabs of whale meat from a freshly caught Grey whale, Lorino Village (Chukotskiy Peninsular) Russia, Asia.

Mel, the Killer Whale or Orca (Orcinus orca) narrowly misses out on a South American Sea Lion (Otaria flavescens) that it was hunting, in Patagonia. Of the 18 only 7 have mastered the stranding behaviour whereby the Orca enters the shallow surf to feed on Sea Lion pups. Distinctive by his 2 metre dorsal fin, Mel is an expert hunter who feeds on Sea Lion pups before taking them back to his pod. This lucky Sea Lion however managed to escape the hunter's attentions.

Mel, the Killer Whale or Orca (Orcinus orca) narrowly misses out on a South American Sea Lion (Otaria flavescens) that it was hunting, in Patagonia. Of the 18 only 7 have mastered the stranding behaviour whereby the Orca enters the shallow surf to feed on Sea Lion pups. Distinctive by his 2 metre dorsal fin, Mel is an expert hunter who feeds on Sea Lion pups before taking them back to his pod. This lucky Sea Lion however managed to escape the hunter's attentions.

Mel, the Killer Whale or Orca (Orcinus orca) narrowly misses out on a South American Sea Lion (Otaria flavescens) that it was hunting, in Patagonia. Of the 18 only 7 have mastered the stranding behaviour whereby the Orca enters the shallow surf to feed on Sea Lion pups. Distinctive by his 2 metre dorsal fin, Mel is an expert hunter who feeds on Sea Lion pups before taking them back to his pod. This lucky Sea Lion however managed to escape the hunter's attentions.

Mel, the Killer Whale or Orca (Orcinus orca) narrowly misses out on a South American Sea Lion (Otaria flavescens) that it was hunting, in Patagonia. Of the 18 only 7 have mastered the stranding behaviour whereby the Orca enters the shallow surf to feed on Sea Lion pups. Distinctive by his 2 metre dorsal fin, Mel is an expert hunter who feeds on Sea Lion pups before taking them back to his pod. This lucky Sea Lion however managed to escape the hunter's attentions.

Mel, the Killer Whale or Orca (Orcinus orca) narrowly misses out on a South American Sea Lion (Otaria flavescens) that it was hunting, in Patagonia. Of the 18 only 7 have mastered the stranding behaviour whereby the Orca enters the shallow surf to feed on Sea Lion pups. Distinctive by his 2 metre dorsal fin, Mel is an expert hunter who feeds on Sea Lion pups before taking them back to his pod. This lucky Sea Lion however managed to escape the hunter's attentions.

Inuit Settlement with locals cutting large slabs of whale meat from a freshly caught Grey whale, Lorino Village (Chukotskiy Peninsular) Russia, Asia.

Inuit Settlement with locals cutting large slabs of whale meat from a freshly caught Grey whale, Lorino Village (Chukotskiy Peninsular) Russia, Asia.

Killer whale (Orcinus orca) chasing a sea lion. Gulf of California. (RR)

Aerial of Humpback whale bubble netting. Gulf of Maine, USA (vrr)

Inuit Settlement with locals cutting large slabs of whale meat from a freshly caught Grey whale, Lorino Village (Chukotskiy Peninsular) Russia, Asia.

Inuit Settlement with locals cutting and cleansing a freshly caught Grey whale, Lorino Village (Chukotskiy Peninsular) Russia, Asia.

Inuit Settlement with locals cutting large slabs of whale meat from a freshly caught Grey whale, Lorino Village (Chukotskiy Peninsular) Russia, Asia.

A whale bone arch and old vats for rendering down whale blubber in Ilulissat, Greenland, Polar Regions

Inuit Settlement with locals cutting large slabs of whale meat from a freshly caught Grey whale, Lorino Village (Chukotskiy Peninsular) Russia, Asia.

ItÃŒs all about being fast and agile when hunting small schooling capelin, the main prey of Minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) in the St. Lawrence estuary, Canada

Inuit Settlement with locals cutting large slabs of whale meat from a freshly caught Grey whale, Lorino Village (Chukotskiy Peninsular) Russia, Asia.

Killer whales (Orcinus orca) surfacing towards the camera in rough water. Olafsvik, Iceland.

Inuit Settlement with locals cutting large slabs of whale meat from a freshly caught Grey whale, Lorino Village (Chukotskiy Peninsular) Russia, Asia.

Adult humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) cooperatively bubble-net feeding in Freshwater Bay on Chichagof Island in Southeast Alaska, USA

Inuit Settlement with locals cutting large slabs of whale meat from a freshly caught Grey whale, Lorino Village (Chukotskiy Peninsular) Russia, Asia.

Killer whale (Orcinus orca) foraging for fish, close to the rocks, on the tip of the Snaefellness Peninsular, Iceland.

Two young male Killer whales (Orcinus orca) foraging for fish near the rocks tip of Snaefellsness Peninsular, Iceland.

Orca (Orcinus orca) attacking sea lion pups (Otaria flavescens) at the beach, Mirador, Punta Norte, Peninsula Valdes, Chubut, Patagonia, Argentina, South America

Hunting Amazon River Dolphin or Pink Amazon Dolphin (Inia geoffrensis), Rio Negro, Manaus, Amazonia State, Brazil, South America

Controversial whaling monument by Norwegian sculptor Knut Steen, fountain and rainbow, Sandefjord, Vestfold, southern Norway, Scandinavia

Controversial whaling monument by Norwegian sculptor Knut Steen, fountain and rainbow, Sandefjord, Vestfold, southern Norway, Scandinavia