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Whaling in the Faeroe Islands. These are Atlantic White-sided Dolphins, on a concrete-floored dock at a small port called Hvalba, which is in the Faeroe Islands, located between the UK and Iceland. They've been caught for food, as has been done for at least a thousand years. Birds surround them, just not in the picture. It is best to view the photo in context, as part of the series of images that were taken of the same catch, which can be found here.
Source

Photograph created by Erik Christensen; edited by Jack Rockley
Date

Hvalba, 26 August 2006
Author

Erik Christensen (Contact at the Danish Wikipedia)
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(Reusing this image)
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current02:44, 2 January 20072,560×1,704 (1.27 MB)Jrockley (== Summary == {{Information| |Description='''Whaling in the Faroe Islands'''. These are en:Atlantic White-sided Dolphins, on a concrete-floored dock at a small port called Hvalba, which is in the Faroe Islands, north of the UK. They've bee)