Crew from the Greenpeace ship Esperanza watch the Japanese factory ship, Nisshin Maru on the horizon as they have disengaged from the Japanese government whaling fleet due to low fuel reserves in the Southern Ocean. The Esperanza has spent...

As the Esperanza continues to shadow the Nisshin Maru, the whaling fleet’s factory ship - preventing any whaling - our crew is sending a message direct from the Southern Ocean linking the scandal of whaling to a host of other scandals plaguing...

Earlier this week, our crew on the Esperanza awoke to find themselves surrounded by at least 50 humpback whales feeding in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. Leandra, our on-board scientist, captured as part of our ongoing research program.

In a setback to the whaling industry worldwide, Iceland's fisheries minister has just announced he will not issue any more commercial whale-hunting quotas.

This year the Japanese government aims to hunt almost 1,000 whales in the Southern Ocean whales sanctuary. Once again Greenpeace will be there to defend the whales.

On the eleventh day of successfully preventing the Japanese whaling fleet from killing whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, activists from the Greenpeace ship Esperanza peacefully blocked the fleet's factory ship Nisshin Maru from...

Following a 10-day search in Antarctic waters, the Greenpeace ship Esperanza has found Japan’s whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. The whaling fleet immediately took flight from the Esperanza, which is now in high-speed...