Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Whaling-Fleet-in-Southern-Ocean-27MZIFLBASRP.htmlConceptually similarWhaling Fleet in Southern OceanGP018JDCompleted★★★★Whaling Fleet in Southern OceanGP018YHCompleted★★★★Whaling Fleet in Southern OceanGP019DKCompleted★★★★Whaling Fleet in Southern OceanGP019G2Completed★★★★Whaling Fleet in Southern OceanGP0188OCompleted★★★★Whaling Fleet in Southern OceanGP018CZCompleted★★★★Whaling Fleet in Southern OceanGP018I9Completed★★★★Whaling Fleet in Southern OceanGP018NQCompleted★★★★Whaling Fleet in Southern OceanGP018PBCompleted★★★★View AllGP018NSWhaling Fleet in Southern OceanThe Nisshin Maru is being assisted by the Oriental Bluebird and the Yushin Maru, a hunter boat, after a fire that killed one sailor.These ships are part of the Japanese whaling fleet which is hunting in the Southern Ocean this season.Locations:International Waters-Ross Sea-Southern OceanDate:19 Feb, 2007Credit:© Greenpeace / Daniel BeltráMaximum size:3504px X 2336pxKeywords:Aerial view-Climate (campaign title)-Day-Factory ships-Fishing ships-Harbours-KWCI (GPI)-Oceans (campaign title)-Oceans (topography)-Outdoors-Whaling-Whaling shipsShoot:Defending Our Oceans Southern Ocean Tour 2007The 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".