Are they hostages, or pirates arrested while seeking to interfere with shipping in international waters? The actions of Benjamin Potts and Giles Lane were risky to say the least, but if they intended to highlight the actions of the Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean, they certainly succeeded! It was certainly no coincidence that…
A shot of the two activists on board the whaler, taken by colleagues from the Sea Shepherd. Photo: Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Two crew members of the Sea Shepherd ship, the Steve Irwin, were captured and lashed to a railing aboard a Japanese whaler after boarding the ship with a letter protesting about the whale…
Following a court decision today, the Japanese whaling fleet led by the factory ship ‘Nisshin Maru’ faces arrest if caught in Australian waters. The fleet of six ships is at present on a ‘scientific’ expedition to cull a thousand whales in the Southern Ocean. The ships are reported to have been hunting in and around…
After a ten day search, the Greenpeace ship Esperanza has located and confronted the Japanese whaling fleet near Antarctica. It was reported today that the Esperanza had actually chased the fleet out of the hunting grounds, but so far this hasn’t been confirmed. The ship had located the fleet early Saturday morning Australian time, and…
