7 January 2008: Greenpeace boat driver Heath Hanson leans over to glance at a humpback whale near an inflatable boat at the Antarctic ice edge in the Southern Ocean. Greenpeace is carrying out non-lethal research on whale populations in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary from their ship, Esperanza, while en-route to stop the Japanese whaling fleet killing 935 minke and 50 endangered fin whales.
Southern Ocean Antarctica

7 January 2008: Greenpeace boat driver Heath Hanson leans over to glance at a humpback whale near an inflatable boat at the Antarctic ice edge in the Southern Ocean. Greenpeace is carrying out non-lethal research on whale populations in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary from their ship, Esperanza, while en-route to stop the Japanese whaling fleet killing 935 minke and 50 endangered fin whales.

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