Page 18 - Southern Exposure - June '21

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created some environmental concerns. Likewise, camping Whale meat is then
is illegal in the islands in order to protect nature, and more distributed, without cost, in
importantly, the freshwater streams and rivers that feed the a lottery fashion to those
100 little communities that make up the bulk of the islands’ who show up. Usable meat
remaining population. from the carcass of the whale
Some 800,000 long-finned pilot whales are found in measures some 54 percent,
the waters around the Faroes. These have been a food whereas meat from other
source for the islanders. Pilot whales are called “grind” fish usually does not reach
(pronounced “grint” in Faroese), which typically grow to 47 percent. In addition to
six meters in length and provide a delicacy for the people participants, whale meat
when a “grindadrap” (whale hunt) takes place. These hunts is provided to institutions;
are few and far between, depending on how close the pods including hospitals …
of whales swim to the islands. It is estimated that the total nothing is wasted. Faroese
number of whales taken in a year on all of the islands is law limits the number of
less than 600. It is worth noting that pilot whales are not grindadraps per year to
endangered or protected by any laws. ensure that there is no waste.
Purely by accident, I was present on the shores of the The Faroes, with its layer- View over central Tórshavn and Bokjarabrekka Street. Photo by Vincent van Zeijst
Kaldbaksfjordur when the whales from a grindadrap were cake mountains, crashing
being divided among the Streymoy islanders. A call went surf, lighthouses and sea birds flocking over a colorful world. Palm Beach Gardens Travel Leaders, his family
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Tórshavn Cathedral. Photo by Vincent van Zeijst Pilot whales following the grindadrap. Photo by Erik Christensen

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were close to 400 people there to share the goodies.
The hunt itself starts when a pod of pilot whales are
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boats. A group of men in their dories, loaded with rocks,
row to the far side of the pod and ready themselves for the
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