A Greenpeace protest ship is in pursuit of a fleet of Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean after finding the vessels early this morning.
Expedition leader aboard the Greenpeace vessel Esperanza Karli Thomas said the six Japanese ships fled when Greenpeace located them shortly after midnight. The first thing they did when we approached them was to scatter and run," Ms Thomas said. “We stayed with the factory ship the Nisshin Maru, which is always the major target," she said. She said Greenpeace was engaged in high-speed pursuit of the whaling ships and would take non-violent action to stop them hunting more of the marine mammals. Greenpeace broadcasted a message in Japanese and English to the whaling ships condemning the hunt and insisted they to return to port immediately. Ms Thomas said the crew gave a collective sigh of relief after locating the Japanese ships so quickly. The Australian ship plans to spend 20 days gathering video and photographic evidence for a possible international court case against Japanese whaling.
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