The beluga whale with a Russian military strap swimming off the north Norwegian coast. Photograph: Joergen Ree Wiig/AP When Morten Vikeby saw reports that a “spy whale” from Russia had been found off the Norwegian coast, he immediately phoned his old fishery newspaper Fiskeribladet with a tip. The amiable
When Morten Vikeby saw reports that a “spy whale” from Russia had been found off the Norwegian coast, he immediately phoned his old fishery newspaper Fiskeribladet with a tip.
“Maybe it wasn’t the same whale but it acted the same way,” said Vikeby, a former Norwegian consul to the city of Murmansk, in a telephone interview. “The whale has been accused of espionage. I see it as my big purpose to defend him.” But the harness he was wearing when he was found, bearing a buckle stamped “Equipment St Petersburg”, has dogged his reputation, fuelling speculation that he escaped a military training programme in Russia’s north.
The Soviet Union and United States both famously sought to train dolphins during the cold war, but belugas also attracted interest. There were reports of plans to use belugas to defend the waters off Sochi during the 2014 Olympics, Glazov noted, although it is unclear whether they were successful. A representative for that company and the St Petersburg Oceanarium could not immediately be reached on Thursday, a national holiday in Russia.
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