Inflatable boats from the Greenpeace ships - the Arctic Sunrise and the Esperanza - hinder the transfer of a dead minke whale from the Japanese whaling fleet catcher ship Kyo Maru No.1 to the Nisshin Maru factory ship.

Greenpeace ship MY Esperanza witness the killing of whales in the Southern Ocean by the Kyo Maru No.1 ships of the Japanese whaling fleet, and the transfer of the whales to the Nisshin Maru factory ship. Southern Ocean.

Greenpeace ship MY Esperanza witness the killing of whales in the Southern Ocean by the Kyo Maru No.1 ships of the Japanese whaling fleet, and the transfer of the whales to the Nisshin Maru factory ship. Southern Ocean.

Two Minke whales in the Southern Ocean killed by the Japanese whaling fleet.

Minke whale undergoing so called "scientific testing" on the Nisshin Maru factory ship, Southern Ocean.

Greenpeace ship MY Esperanza witness the killing of whales in the Southern Ocean by the Yushin Maru and the Kyo Maru No.1 ships of the Japanese whaling fleet, and the transfer of the whales to the Nisshin Maru factory ship.

Dead Minke Whale attached by a harpoon line to the Japanese whaling ship the Kyo Maru in the Southern Ocean.

Seven Minke whales await processing on the deck of the Nisshin Maru factory ship, part of the Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean.

Greenpeace witnesses the killing of whales in the Southern Ocean by ships of the Japanese whaling fleet. Banner on the Nisshun Maru factory ship says "Greenpeace Misleads you".