There, just south of the Arctic Circle, between Iceland and Scotland, a slaughter of unprecedented cruelty continues every summer. The killers range from mere children to weather-hardened fishermen. The hunt begins when a pod of pilot whales is sighted off the coast. Excited voices radio the information from fishing boats to shore. The cry is taken up by the local radio station, and within minutes most of the population of 45,000 are aware of the approach of the whales.
Children stop their play.
Many of the adults quit work for the day. They all rush to the shoreline. Some jump into small boats and motor out toward the whales. Tourists on the shore will begin to share the excitement, ignorant of what is really happening. It is always an adventure to sight whales.