For Kristján Loftsson, the 80-year-old who is more or less singlehandedly keeping the fin whale hunt alive, comparisons with Moby-Dick's obsessive hero Ahab are 'an honour'. Will opposition to the dying industry finally catch up with him? The courteous agreement to an interview came with a twist in its tail. "Shall we have lunch? Do you eat whale meat?" asks Kristján Loftsson, 80, the last hunter of fin whales in Europe, and a man unafraid of controversy. For more than five decades Loftsson ha...
For Kristján Loftsson, the 80-year-old who is more or less singlehandedly keeping the fin whale hunt alive, comparisons with Moby-Dick's obsessive hero Ahab are 'an honour'. Will opposition to the dying industry finally catch up with him? The courteous agreement to an interview came with a twist in its tail. "Shall we have lunch? Do you eat whale meat?" asks Kristján Loftsson, 80, the last hunter of fin whales in Europe, and a man unafraid of controversy. For more than five decades Loftsson ha...
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