BARROW, Alaska - The ancient whale hunt here is not so ancient anymore.

阿拉斯加的巴罗——这儿远古时代的猎鲸活动不再那么老式了。

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Despite claims that the Japanese are conducting a "research project," the whale hunt isn't science.

我们先将日本所谓的“研究项目”声明放到一边，单纯就猎鲸活动来说，它是毫无科学可言的。

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But although the illegal hunt may complicate the Makahs 'wish to resume legal whale hunting, within two years they will probably get the waiver they want.

虽然非法捕杀让马卡人继续合法捕杀鲸鱼的愿望复杂化了，但两年之内他们可能会获得他们想要捕杀权。

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In recent years environmentalists have attempted to disrupt Japan's annual whale hunt in the icy Southern Ocean.

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For conservationists, it has come to represent everything that is wrong with the modern whale hunt: mechanized slaughter on a vast scale.

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Most of the crew had joined with the hope of going to Iceland, which now appeared to be suspending its planned whale hunt.

NEWYORKER: Neptune��s Navy

As the whale-hunt began, he and his people showed up with their flagship and a smaller boat painted to resemble a killer whale, so as to scare the grey whales away.

ECONOMIST: To catch a whale