Ashley Cooper / Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) with an old whaling ship behind. Grytviken, South Georgia, Antarctica, February.

Ashley Cooper / Pile of bones, the remains of hunted Beluga Whales (Delphinapterus leucas) at Bourbonhamna Svalbard, Norway, July 2013

Ashley Cooper / Pile of bones, the remains of hunted Beluga Whales (Delphinapterus leucas) at Bourbonhamna Svalbard, Norway, July 2013

Ashley Cooper / Pile of bones, the remains of hunted Beluga Whales (Delphinapterus leucas) at Bourbonhamna Svalbard, Norway, July 2013

Ashley Cooper / King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) and Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella), by the old whaling station at Grytviken on South Georgia. In its 58 years of operation, it handled 53,761 slaught...

Ashley Cooper / The old whaling station at Grytviken on South Georgia. In its 58 years of operation, it handled 53,761 slaughtered whales, producing 455,000 tons of whale oil and 192,000 tons of whale meat. February...

Ashley Cooper / Old whaling station at Grytviken, South Georgia. In its 58 years of operation, it handled 53,761 slaughtered whales, producing 455,000 tons of whale oil and 192,000 tons of whale meat. February 2014

Tony Wu / Whale bacon and sashimi for sale. The labels indicates the products are sourced from research whaling in the Southern Ocean. Tore Tore Market, Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, Kansai, Honshu, Japan. Fe...

Ernie Janes / Whale bones at old whaling station, Maria Island, Tasmania, Australia.

Ernie Janes / Whale bones at old whaling station, Maria Island, Tasmania, Australia.

Mike Potts / South Georgia pintail (Anas georgica) feeding in a stream, metal and wood in background from old whaling station. Grytviken Harbour. South Georgia.

Michel Roggo / Meltwater stream with remains of fuel tanks from the whaling era 1911- 1931 and decaying building occupied by British Antarctic Survey scientists from the 1940s to 1970, Whaler's Bay, Deception Island...