Two Harpoon Tom

Jean-Paul Fortom-Gouin and Tom Barber 1977. Photo Copyright Jonny lewis

(First Posted Wednesday, September 12, 2007)

Tom Barber had close calls with explosive head harpoons twice during the campaign against the Cheynes Beach Whaling Company at Albany, Western Australia, August/September 1977.

Tom, fellow Australians Jonny Lewis and Allan Simmons, Frenchman Jean-Paul Fortom-Gouin and Bob Hunter, a Canadian and co-founder of Greenpeace, went up to 30 nautical miles into the Southern Ocean to run i...