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Bob Gramling is an environmental sociologist. He is the author or co-author of four books and numerous journal articles. His research has focused on coastal communities and natural resource development; coastal restoration; and on natural and technological disasters and recovery.

He has served on National Academy of Science committees and scientific committees for state and federal agencies, including National Marine Fisheries Service, Northwest Power Planning Commission, and the states of Alaska and Louisiana.

His research has been funded by a number of agencies including the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Interior.

Professor Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen has been working as a senior scientist at the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources since 1988. His expertise is in the ecology of cetaceans in Greenland and his work has produced over 100 peer-reviewed publications and books on Arctic top predator biology.

Robert Michaud's work with the whales of the St Lawrence began when he was hired as a naturalist aboard the first boats that were taking tourists to see the whales off Tadoussac in the early 1980s.

What started as seasonal employment became the work of a lifetime and led to him founding the Group for Research and Education on Marine Mammals (GREMM) in 1985.

His goal was to study whales to better understand and protect them and to use the information they discovered to engage the public and make them aware of the importance of protecting the marine environment.

An article by CBC News on an attempt by four environmental groups get a temporary injunction to stop oil exploration in the Saint Lawrence River; as featured in the programme.  A judges decision on the request to due on Tuesday 2nd September 2014.  See the full article here.