Update: After nine days, the Nisshin Maru was able to start engines and get under way. Thank you to everyone who took action.
If the Japanese government keeps sending its whaling fleet into the
Southern Ocean, it's not only the whale populations that are threatened
- Antarctica and the marine environment are also at risk.
Help make this the last time a whaling fleet ever goes to Antarctica.Read updates from the scene on the
Esperanza crew weblog.