tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2635460526025384782.post7598080508159272337..comments2024-03-09T23:23:06.602-08:00Comments on Southern Cone Travel: A Whale of a ContinentWayne Bernhardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03773247959700690756noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2635460526025384782.post-64510737211917123942008-06-24T15:32:00.000-07:002008-06-24T15:32:00.000-07:00As a late add-on to this post, here's a link to to...As a late add-on to this post, here's a link to today's (24-06-08) 'paper and an article about Chile signing a deal to protect 43 species of whale(like) critters at the ex-whaling station I mentioned before:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://diario.elmercurio.com/2008/06/24/ciencia_y_tecnologia/ciencia_y_tecnologia/noticias/5B59CF50-071F-409A-A6DC-62902840B764.htm" REL="nofollow">Click here for the Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09900725715325926065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2635460526025384782.post-26528106589330975352008-06-04T19:39:00.000-07:002008-06-04T19:39:00.000-07:00No problem-to be honest, I'm not sure the museum s...No problem-to be honest, I'm not sure the museum shows up in any guidebooks, it's pretty low key and possibly quite new, within the last 2 years or so perhaps. I just chanced upon it when I took a trip to have a look at Quintay...it's not a particularly extensive museum but it's definitely worth a look on a sunny day as the little bay is pretty spectacular and you can walk all around the old Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09900725715325926065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2635460526025384782.post-89058516334038296362008-06-03T09:26:00.000-07:002008-06-03T09:26:00.000-07:00Thanks for posting this comment, Matt, I was unawa...Thanks for posting this comment, Matt, I was unaware of the whaling museum at Quintay but will try to stop by later this year. There is an old whaling station at the south end of Iquique, in the Atacama, so whales were clearly present along the entire Chilean coast.Wayne Bernhardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03773247959700690756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2635460526025384782.post-29366863476242481112008-06-03T09:07:00.000-07:002008-06-03T09:07:00.000-07:00Good to hear that the entire coast is becoming a w...Good to hear that the <I>entire</I> coast is becoming a whale sanctuary. You don't often hear of any whales in Chile apart from way down south but until mid-way through the 1900s, there was a full scale whaling operation just down the road from here in Valpo, in Quintay. The whaling station is now a museum. There are some photos and a bit more info <A HREF="http://corrugatedcity.blogspot.com/2007Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09900725715325926065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2635460526025384782.post-46683356140024645912008-06-02T05:22:00.000-07:002008-06-02T05:22:00.000-07:00Very nice Blog ... GreetingsVery nice Blog ... GreetingsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com