Monday, 21 January 2008

Japanese whaling processing ship Nisshin Maru..


In this photo released by Greenpeace, Greenpeace activists on an inflatable boat try to prevent Japanese whaling processing ship Nisshin Maru, right, from refueling from the supply vessel Oriental Bluebird in the Southern Ocean Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008.

In this photo released by The Institute of Cetacean Research, activists from the environmental group Sea Shepherd prepare to transfer to an Australia-charted vessel Thursday, Jan. 17 , 2008 in Antarctic waters. A tense standoff in frigid Antarctic waters ended when two activists who had jumped on board a Japanese whaling boat were returned to their ship by Australian officials.


In this photo released by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society in Sydney Friday, Jan. 18, 2008, Japanese whaling vessel Yushin Maru 2 sails in the waters off Antarctica Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008. Australian customs ship, the Oceanic Viking, on Friday, Jan. 18, picked up two Australian activists, Benjamin Potts and Briton Giles Lane, who had jumped on board the Yushin Maru 2 two days earlier, prompting a tense standoff on the high seas. Australia's Home Minister Bob Debus confirmed that two activists from the radical Sea Shepherd Conservation Society were handed over to the Oceanic Viking

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