Whale meat for sale in a market
Norway is breaking an international ban on the export of whale products to send eight tonnes of Minke whale meat and blubber to eager Icelandic diners.
The contaminated blubber poses a serious health risk to the Icelandic people. But international and neighbourly responsibility are not at the forefront of the whalers minds, the gold rush that will follow is what preoccupies them.
"This is an appetiser for the Icelanders, and I am confident that they will like it and ask for more," said Norwegian exporter Ole Mindor Myklebust.
An illegal gold mine
