Sea Shepherd ships leave to battle Japanese whaling fleet


Sea Shepherd's flagship MY Steve Irwin. -AFP filepic

SYDNEY: Two ships have left Australia bound for the freezing Southern Ocean to confront the Japanese whaling fleet in an annual high-seas battle, environmental activist group Sea Shepherd said Monday.

The organisation’s flagship Steve Irwin departed for Antarctic waters along with fast new patrol vessel Ocean Warrior, built with financial support from the Dutch, British and Swedish lotteries.

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