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Greenpeace ship MY Esperanza and her inflatables, try to hinder the 
shooting and eventual transfer of a minke whale by the Yushin Maru 
No.2 catcher ship. After two and a half hours of running the gauntlet 
between the harpoon and the whale the activists witnessed the eventual 
kill of the whale.

Greenpeace ship MY Esperanza and her inflatables save whales.

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In day two of our confrontation with the whalers, we used our inflatable boats and water fans to block the harpoons. You can read first hand accounts from the activists at the Ocean Defenders blog.