Red Leviathan
Ryan Tucker Jones on the secret history of Soviet whaling.
Visit the South Australian Maritime Museum for an intriguing talk about the mysterious and catastrophic decline of humpback whales in the 1960s.
Associate Professor Ryan Tucker Jones will tell the story of how two marine biologists, Graham Chittleborough and Bill Dawbin, began the first serious study of Southern Ocean humpbacks in the late 1950s, and almost immediately found that the whales were rapidly disappearing. Both scientists had connections with Australia's shore-whaling stations, and wondered if they were to blame. But the real reason, as they later discovered, was something else entirely…
Speaker: Associate Professor Ryan Tucker Jones
MC: Dr Adam Paterson
Tickets include entry to the South Australian Maritime Museum.
Sunday 5 November 2023
2.00pm for a 2.30pm start - 3.30pm
Visit the South Australian Maritime Museum for an intriguing talk about the mysterious and catastrophic decline of humpback whales in the 1960s.
Associate Professor Ryan Tucker Jones will tell the story of how two marine biologists, Graham Chittleborough and Bill Dawbin, began the first serious study of Southern Ocean humpbacks in the late 1950s, and almost immediately found that the whales were rapidly disappearing. Both scientists had connections with Australia's shore-whaling stations, and wondered if they were to blame. But the real reason, as they later discovered, was something else entirely…
Speaker: Associate Professor Ryan Tucker Jones
MC: Dr Adam Paterson
Tickets include entry to the South Australian Maritime Museum.
Sunday 5 November 2023
2.00pm for a 2.30pm start - 3.30pm
Location
South Australian Maritime Museum
126 Lipson St, Port Adelaide SA 5015
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