After months of exhausting search, the Sea Shepherd has found his ultimate goal, the factory whaling ship. However, the giant factory ship intends to escape from Gojira carbon fiber in the deadly ice of Antarctica.
When the Japanese whale meat processing ship - the Nisshin Maru - turned and set his course back to its home port in mid-February, Captain Paul Watson and Sea Shepherd claimed victory cautious. Watson and international conservation group have decided to stop the whaling industry for nearly a decade, harass and international headlines in the process.
Perhaps the Sea Shepherd's tactics had finally made his mark ... The whalers' actions not only pointed to a possible victory of the Sea Shepherd, also meant hundreds of lives of whales in Antarctica this year will be saved through an unprecedented cancellation of an entire whaling nation. But it was a final victory or just a temporary conquest?
The series has captivated audiences who have witnessed the dangerous cat and mouse at the other end of the world between Sea Shepherd and the whalers. For years, Captain Paul Watson and his crew of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society have gone to sea in an attempt to stop Japanese ships hunting whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. WHALE WARS documents ongoing battles in the icy waters of Antarctica as the dispute between Sea Shepherd and the whale becomes more intense with each engagement - each pushing the other to the limit to fight for their beliefs.
When the Japanese whale meat processing ship - the Nisshin Maru - turned and set his course back to its home port in mid-February, Captain Paul Watson and Sea Shepherd claimed victory cautious. Watson and international conservation group have decided to stop the whaling industry for nearly a decade, harass and international headlines in the process.
Perhaps the Sea Shepherd's tactics had finally made his mark ... The whalers' actions not only pointed to a possible victory of the Sea Shepherd, also meant hundreds of lives of whales in Antarctica this year will be saved through an unprecedented cancellation of an entire whaling nation. But it was a final victory or just a temporary conquest?
The series has captivated audiences who have witnessed the dangerous cat and mouse at the other end of the world between Sea Shepherd and the whalers. For years, Captain Paul Watson and his crew of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society have gone to sea in an attempt to stop Japanese ships hunting whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. WHALE WARS documents ongoing battles in the icy waters of Antarctica as the dispute between Sea Shepherd and the whale becomes more intense with each engagement - each pushing the other to the limit to fight for their beliefs.