Karli Thomas by Esperanza

Karli Thomas, Oceans Campaigner from New Zealand stands in front of the Greenpeace ship MY Esperanza.
This is the end of the 14 month Defending Our Oceans expedition which was started by a trip to the Southern Ocean to confront the Japanese government's whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. At the end of this expedition Greenpeace return to the whale sanctuary to, once again, defend the whales.

Unique identifier: GP019CJ

Type: Image

Shoot date: 20/01/2007

Locations: Aotearoa, Auckland, Greater Auckland, Oceania

Credit line: © Greenpeace / Daniel Beltrá

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Defending Our Oceans Southern Ocean Tour 2007

The Greenpeace ship MY Esperanza is on her route towards Antarctica through the icy reaches of the Southern Ocean. This is the end of the 14 month Defending Our Oceans expedition which was started by a trip to the Southern Ocean to confront the Japanese government's whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. At the end of this expedition Greenpeace return to the whale sanctuary too, once again, defend the whales. Despite a moratorium on commercial whaling, the hunt for whale meat continues through the loophole of "scientific purposes".

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