Japanese Fire on Sea Shepherd Crew
At 1545 hours (0445 GMT), a clash between the crew of the Sea Shepherd vessel Steve Irwin and the Japanese whaling ship Nisshin Maru turned violent when the Japanese Coast Guard began to throw flash grenades at the crew of the Steve Irwin.
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The Great Southern Ocean Chase - The Chase Continues
It's hard to kill whales when you're running with your tail between your legs and the Japanese whaling fleet is running, north then west, then east, then west, then east again trying to throw the Sea Shepherd ship Steve Irwin off their rear-ends.
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Sea Shepherd Conservation Society launches operation Migaloo II
After twelve days of repairs, refuelling, re-crewing, re-supplying and re-provisioning, The hunt for the Japanese Whale poachers in the Souther Ocean resumes
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Sea Shepherd and the 'Steve Irwin' Prepared to Return to Save Whales
The Sea Shepherd Conservation ship Steve Irwin is prepared to return to the Southern Oceans Whale Sanctuary.
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Sea Shepherd Steve Irwin Bushwhacks Japanese Spy Ship.
The Fukoyoshi Maru #68 is a mystery. Its a large fast drag trawler without fishing gear, bristling with surveillance gear and it has been tailing the Sea Shepherd Conservation ship Steve Irwin for a week, always keeping a distance of 7 to 10 miles away.
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Japanese poachers release Sea Shepherd Hostages
Benjamin Potts and Giles Lane were transferred from the Yushin Maru No. 2 to the Australian Customs vessel Oceanic Viking early in the morning at 0200 Hours Melbourne time (1300 Hours GMT). The two men were transferred to the Sea Shepherd ship Steve Irwin at 0930 Hours Melbourne time (2030 Hours GMT).
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Sea Shepherd crew remain hostages on the Japanese whaling ship
Twenty-four hours later, Sea Shepherd crew members Giles Lane from the U.K. and Benjamin Potts from Australia remain hostages on the Yushin Maru No. 2.
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Japanese Whalers Holding two Sea Shepherd crew members hostage on whaling ship
Australian citizen Benjamin Potts and British citizen Giles Lane have been tied to the radar mast of the harpoon vessel. The Captain of the whaling vessel has refused Captain Paul Watson's demand for the release of the crew.
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Whalers Admit They Are Running from Sea Shepherd
Glen Inwood, the official New Zealand spokesperson for the Japanese whaling says Greenpeace claims of a victory in the Southern Ocean are false.
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Captain Paul Watson Selected as One of the 50 People who can Save the Planet
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is proud to announce that Captain Paul Watson has been chosen by the Guardian newspaper of Great Britain as one of the 50 people who can save the planet.
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The impossible mission continues
On the ragged edge of the world I'll roam And the home of the whale shall be my home And saving seals on the remote ice and snows The end of my voyage... Who knows, who knows?
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The Search for the Killers Has Begun
It has been just over 10 days since our ship the Steve Irwin departed from Melbourne. Six of those days were taken up by the transit across the Roaring Forties, the Furious Fifties and into the Screaming Sixties. For the last four days we have been on the move, searching a vast area of remote frozen sea, in search of a fleet of merciless killers - the Japanese whalers.
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Sea Shepherd: On a Mission
This week Sea Shepherd's volunteer crew depart from Melbourne for Antarctica. Its mission, 'Operation Migaloo' hopes to enforce international conservation law and prevent the illegal slaughter of endangered species by an outlaw whaling fleet.
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