1000 whales
Iceland's whaling, in numbers
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The live tracker of Iceland's fin-whale season — and the case, by the numbers.
SEASON — the running count against the 150-whale quota, one mark per whale, and a verified log of every event: kills, welfare findings, politics, the feud on the water. Every entry links to its sources.
THE CASE — the distilled investigation: who owns the hunt, what it earns and loses, how long the whales take to die (government inspection data), what Icelanders think, and the claims we checked and rejected — including some that would have helped the argument.
WIDGET — the season count on your home screen.
Independent data journalism. Every figure carries its source. No accounts, no tracking, no ads.
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What's New in 1000 whales
1.1.0
July 28, 2026
Put the whale in your street, then photograph it. The shutter gives you two pictures: the frame exactly as you shot it, and a card stamped with the number of fin whales killed off Iceland this season — live, updated the day a whale lands. The whale also lands faster and holds its true 20 metres more reliably, indoors and out.
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