The 59th meeting of the International Whaling Commission begins today at the Hotel Captain Cook in Anchorage. I intend to focus on this over the next few days.

Some relevant links to follow:

• The IWC's 2007 meeting site
• Greenpeace "Defending The Whales" blog
• IFAW "Stop Whaling" website
• WWF
• Anchorage Daily News
• Alaskan TV news: ABC, NBC and CBS.