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unusual facts about RV ''Farley Mowat''



Anti-whaling

Paul Spong, a New Zealand scientist who once studied the intelligence of orcas and friend of Canadian author Farley Mowat, helped convince then Greenpeace director, Robert Hunter, that the organization should confront Russian whalers in the Pacific.

Back-to-the-land movement

The Canadian writer Farley Mowat says that many returned veterans after World War II sought a meaningful life far from the ignobility of modern warfare, regarding his own experience as typical of the pattern.

Global Combat Ship

Planning for a replacement escort vessel started in 1998 with the ordering of a research vessel, the RV Triton, to study whether a trimaran design was practical for such a large and complex vessel.

GRV James Cook

The ship was renamed James Cook after Captain James Cook and used as a research vessel until 1991, when it was replaced by the RV Tangaroa.

Lake Union Dry Dock Company

The company has worked on the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's Farley Mowat vessel, as well as historic restorations for the Center for Wooden Boats.

Learning for a Cause

Down to Earth was endorsed by a number of celebrities including Martin Sheen, David Suzuki, Farley Mowat and Marc Garneau.

Mowat

Farley Mowat (born 1921), Canadian novelist, husband of Claire Mowat

Random House of Canada

They have published work by some of the country's most distinguished and notable authors, including Margaret Atwood, Farley Mowat, Yann Martel, Mordecai Richler, Douglas Coupland, and Michael Ondaatje.

Raymond Fraser

Fraser’s writings have been praised by such literary figures as Farley Mowat, Irving Layton, Louis Dudek, Alden Nowlan, Sheila Watson, Leonard Cohen, Hugh Garner, Michael Cook and William French.

Raymond M. Kirk

This ship was later loaned as RV Calypso to explorer Jacques Cousteau in the 1950s, who used it as a filming base for several films.

Robinson McIlvaine

According the Farley Mowat in his book Woman in the Mists, Dian Fossey asked Robinson McIlvaine to serve as secretary-treasurer of the Digit Fund while he was AWLF President until she could find a salaried executive director to take over.

Rosemary Kilbourn

Along with commissioned portraits, her early works included illustrating two books by brother William Kilbourn and one by Farley Mowat, The Desperate People.

The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment

The Regiment (1955) is an account of the Hastings and Price Edward Regiment written by Canadian author Farley Mowat, who served as an officer with the regiment during the Second World War.

Canadian Author Farley Mowat served as a platoon commander and as the Regiment's Intelligence Officer during the Second World War.

The Pas

The Pas was made famous for many young Canadians when author Farley Mowat published in 1956, the first of two children's'/young adults' books set in the vicinity and which mentions the town prominently, titled Lost in the Barrens.

Wecoma

RV Wecoma, a seagoing research marine vessel based in Newport, Oregon operated by NOAA and OSU

Woman in the Mists

It is written by the Canadian author Farley Mowat, himself a conservationist and author of the book Never Cry Wolf.


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