Viking Shores

ANIMAL PLANET’S NEW SERIES “WHALE WARS: VIKING SHORES” FOLLOWS SEA SHEPHERD’S BATTLE TO END THE HUNTING AND KILLING OF PILOT WHALES IN THE FAROE ISLANDS
– Triple Threat: Sea Shepherds Patrol theLand, Sea and Air in “Operation Ferocious Islands” to Prevent the Annual Whale Hunt Known as “The Grind” –
In the North Atlantic, between Iceland and Scotland, lays a chain of islands with picturesquebeaches and rolling green hills. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing Danish Territory of 50,000 people – descendants of Vikings, bound by proud tradition who have fished these waters for thousandsof years. But there is a dark shadow over this beautiful land. Every year, Faroese people gather to herd pilot whales to their shallow shores to be killed for their meat, which is a food source. WhaleWars: Viking Shores, a new five-part series beginning Friday, April 27, at 9 PM (et/pt), follows Sea Shepherd Conservation Society as it sets sail to end this ancient tradition known as “The Grind” –Faroese for “whale drive” – that takes place every summer. Each new one-hour episode airs on Fridays at 9 PM (et/pt).
For the first time in the history of the Whale Wars saga, the Sea Shepherds arenot only at sea but also deploying a covert team to patrol the streets, interact with locals and carry out undercover missions. For this campaign, the Sea Shepherd arsenal has been upgraded with a newultra-lightweight aircraft and mobile acoustical devices to deter the whales from the islands. The flagship Steve Irwin (captained by Paul Watson) and Brigitte Bardot (captained by Fraser Hall) jointhe land-sea-air operation to provide backup along the coast. A grind can happen at any moment, and the Sea Shepherds are vastly outnumbered and behind enemy lines in a new kind of face-to-face battle.“Justice takes precedence over the law. No law that [the Faroese] can pass is going to justify what they’re doing to those whales,” says Watson. “We have to constantly remind the Faroese that the...