Whales die everywhere from natural causes. There is nothing in the Southern Ocean, which surrounds the Antarctic continent, that causes any more or any fewer whales to die.
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Over 400 different whales are hunted each year due to whaling.
The humpback, minke, sei, southern, right and blue fin whales all live in Antarctica. Many of these whales are endangered or on the brink of extinction.
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About 7400 whales a year are killed, (not counting the coastal dolphins of Japan). That's about 20 a day, or one every 72 minutes.See the related question below.
1344 whales were killed in 2000. See the Related Links for more information.
No gray whales are killed. Indigenous communities in Alaska kill 50 bowhead whales a year.
Beluga whales are a protected species and are not hunted commercially. Native people in Alaska and Canada are allowed to hunt them, and kill from 1200 to about 1500 each year.