Nisshin Maru in Southern Ocean

Towing preparations begin on the bow of the Nisshin Maru. The whaling factory ship set on fire during this seasons whaling operation. Greenpeace assisted the fire-disabled ship and and escorted the entire whaling fleet out of Antarctic waters. The fire killed one sailor and disabled the ship for more than a week.

Unique identifier: GP01DM5

Type: Image

Shoot date: 19/02/2007

Locations: International Waters, Ross Sea, Southern Ocean

Credit line: © Greenpeace / Daniel Beltrá

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

Containers

Shoot:

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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