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<p>Activists from Greenpeace International, Nordic and Germany, project messages from people opposing deep-sea mining onto the Svea Glacier in Spitsbergen. In the videos, people from around the world, including the Swedish actor Gustaf Skarsgård and South African actress Amanda du-Pont, called on Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre to halt plans for seabed mining in Norway's Arctic waters</p>

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Arctic seabed mining will cause 'irreversible harm' to wildlife says Greenpeace
Norway is planning to licence mining companies to explore for seabed minerals for use in technology such as batteries and electronics
<p>Back from the Brink crew on location L-R cameraman Barry Donnellan, presenter Derek Mooney, and series producer Rory Cobbe —and an orca in the Strait of Gibraltar</p>

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Lolita the orca is to be returned to the Pacific Ocean (Nuri Vallbona/Miami Herald via AP, File)

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Free Lolita: Campaigners reveal plan to return orca to ocean after 50 years
Did an orca adopt an orphaned pilot whale calf?

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Did an orca adopt an orphaned pilot whale calf?
Head of a killer whale orca

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Richard Collins: Yachts have a new opponent — the killer whale
Richard Collins: Animal culture and the tragic tale of Free Willy star Keiko the orca

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Richard Collins: Animal culture and the tragic tale of Free Willy star Keiko the orca
We’re destroying our oceans - We must turn tide on seas’ destruction
We’re destroying our oceans - We must turn tide on seas’ destruction

Footage of two killer whales — orcas — taken off Dublin on Saturday showed the grace and power of these magnificent, but endangered animal

Wed, 21 Nov, 2018

Tilikum
SeaWorld killer whale Tilikum dies

Tilikum, an orca that killed a trainer at SeaWorld Orlando in 2010, has died.

Fri, 06 Jan, 2017

Seaworld to end killer whale shows by 2017 in San Diego
Seaworld to end killer whale shows by 2017 in San Diego

SeaWorld is to end killer whale shows at its San Diego theme park by 2017.

Mon, 09 Nov, 2015

WATCH: Paddle boarder has incredible close encounter with killer whale
WATCH: Paddle boarder has incredible close encounter with killer whale

This is very unnerving.

Thu, 21 May, 2015

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