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January 24th was a global day of action. Around the world activists protested against commercial whaling and the government of Japan's vote buying.

Watch a slideshow of some of these protests.

This new film compilation of Antarctic whaling shot recently from the Greenpeace ship MV Arctic Sunrise spells out the imminent threat of a return to full-scale commercial whaling if the Japanese government's "vote buying" is allowed to continue. more>

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See the latest video footage from the Southern ocean of the whalers harpooning a minke whale.

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View the photo chronology and explaination of the hunt.

See the narrated Flash slideshow.

part 1 part 2		Cat and mouse January 4th - At over 7,000 tons (compared to our 949) the whalers' factory ship makes a fairly unconvincing mouse, but all night the Nisshin Maru insisted on playing cat and mouse with the Arctic Sunrise. Here is Dave's first hand account of his turn on the bridge.
		Ice and icebergs. January 8th - Day 41 A few shots of the ice and icebergs we have passed along the way. (Flash slideshow)