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00:00A war rages in the far reaches of planet Earth.
00:15Antarctica's pristine waters run red with blood.
00:23The Sea Shepherds are the soldiers who wage this war.
00:26Their enemy is a group of Japanese fishermen, intent on catching whales.
00:35The Sea Shepherds say the whalers are violating an international ban on commercial whaling.
00:41The whalers say they're legally killing whales for scientific research.
00:45Both claim to have the law on their side.
00:48These are their battles.
00:50This is their war.
00:53Previously on Whale Wars.
00:55All right, Luna, full speed.
00:57For the first time in Sea Shepard history, founder and environmental activist Paul Watson is not on campaign with his crew in the Southern Ocean.
01:06Japan is suing me.
01:08They paid millions to lawyers to try and find a way for the court systems to stop us.
01:13Watson's protege, Peter Hammerstadt, has stepped up as commander of the Sea Shepard fleet.
01:18Okay, I'm picking up full speed towards them.
01:20But this first-time leader is struggling.
01:23Can we push this anymore?
01:27We have no power.
01:28To catch the whalers' mothership, he pushed their engine past its breaking point.
01:33Now the Bob Barker is dead in the water.
01:35Because of the choice that I had to make, whales were being killed.
01:38Aboard the Steve Irwin, Captain Sid has just escaped from the whaler's security ship, the Shonan Maru.
01:47They just dropped off our radar.
01:50With Peter's boat out of commission, the Steve Irwin is the only hope for shutting down whaling.
01:55The Steve Irwin sprints away from the whaler's security ship, the Shonan Maru, too.
02:09Lost them completely now.
02:11Before the small boat teams disabled the Shonan, it was tracking the Sea Shepherds, relaying their position to the Nishan Maru, the whaler's factory ship.
02:21I'm going to go back and start tracking the Nishan.
02:23Not having a tail at this stage of the season means that we'd be able to head back out into the Ross Sea and be able to search for the Nishan Maru.
02:32We'll have to find them again.
02:34Once we're with the Nishan, we can basically shut down their operations and that'll be the end of their season.
02:39We're heading to that waypoint, Mel, which is 63, 40, 164.
02:47Wow, look at that.
02:52It's incredible.
02:53That blue is crazy, isn't it?
02:58The Antarctic is really the last ocean.
03:01This is one of the only places where nature is still playing its delicate balance.
03:06Whoa, look at that little one.
03:07Seeing the various shapes of the icebergs and the birds, seeing the penguins, seeing the whales, reminds the crew that our fight for the whales is not just for the whales, but it goes way beyond that.
03:19And I think it's for the Antarctic itself.
03:21I've never seen that before.
03:23It's amazing.
03:24What is that?
03:32Picked up target again.
03:38That's the Shonen.
03:42Hey, Mel?
03:46Seriously?
03:48Yeah.
03:503.9.
03:54They're at 14.4 now.
03:58The Shonen Maru 2 has resumed speed and tracked down the Steve Irwin once again.
04:04Beautiful shame, isn't it?
04:08We did stop them in their tracks, but now they're .4 or knots faster than us right now, so they're catching up.
04:15Didn't work, but next time.
04:18Steve Irwin just isn't quite what she used to be.
04:22They believe in killing whales as much as we believe in saving whales.
04:26And it's up to us to break their spirit.
04:29This fight is so worth winning that there's no acceptability in losing.
04:36The world is a vampire.
04:47Go ahead and bring the pitch up to .22 slowly.
04:51At the mouth of the Ross Sea, the Sea Shepherd vessel Sam Simon lies in wait.
04:58Their primary function this year is as a refueling vessel, a role that's taken them out of the hunt for the Nishin Maru,
05:05but will allow the other vessels to stay in the chase longer than ever before.
05:10It's frustrating to not be down there right now fighting with Bob Barker and Steve, but you know,
05:16the fact is we're doing a really important job that's going to be able to keep us down there for the rest of the whaling season.
05:22Hundreds of miles to the south, the Steve Irwin remains bound by the security vessel.
05:293-1-0, Vince.
05:333-1-0?
05:34Yeah.
05:35Right now, we have a tail.
05:37It will be very, very hard, if not impossible, for the Steve Irwin to locate the Nishin Maru again.
05:42So we'll just have to wait till the Bob gets back in the hunt.
05:48On the eastern edge of the Ross Sea, the Bob Barker sits dead in the water.
05:53Its engine failed after Captain Hammerstadt pushed it beyond its limits.
05:57It's damaged as well.
05:58As with your car at home, not everything can be fixed, but we'll do whatever we can to get the ship running.
06:14All right, anything for today still?
06:16What are your plans for today?
06:18Nothing really.
06:20Good.
06:23Ultimately, the success of our campaign is to save Wales' lives.
06:28You know, the fact that we're unable to do that, I find really disconcerting.
06:33And it became very frustrating very fast.
06:37All right, that's it then, I think.
06:42Peter has a lot of pressure, and I feel really, really sad and really bad,
06:47because it's very hard to be on that situation.
06:52We are facing a crisis with the world's oceans.
07:00Paul started Sea Shepherd to stop injustice, to stop that atrocity from taking place.
07:08He's dedicated his entire life to this cause.
07:12He's the reason I joined Sea Shepherd, and I'm supposed to be carrying out his vision.
07:18But I feel like I'm not.
07:22That is something.
07:23How far?
07:24Fifteen.
07:25It's not going in the same direction.
07:26Do you want to go, Peter?
07:27Yeah.
07:28Right now, we just spot this target on the radar.
07:29There is this big suspense, because we are not sure what it is, but it's really, really weird.
07:33Oh.
07:34What's the speed?
07:35Maximum was fifteen.
07:36Maximum was fifteen.
07:37That's a shift.
07:38Is that heavy?
07:39What's the speed?
07:40Maximum was fifteen.
07:41What's the speed?
07:42Maximum was fifteen.
07:43Oh.
07:44That's a shift.
07:45Is that heavy?
07:46I don't know.
07:47I don't know.
07:48I don't know.
07:49I don't know.
07:50I don't know.
07:51It's a speed.
07:52But it is heavy.
07:53Maybe you don't know.
07:54Yeah.
07:55It is?
07:56Yeah.
07:57Can we see it?
07:58Oh.
07:59What's the speed?
08:00Maximum was 15.
08:05That's a ship.
08:07Is that hay for us?
08:08Yeah.
08:09It is?
08:10Yeah.
08:11Can we see it?
08:12There's no visibility, there's fog over there.
08:14Yeah, there's fog over there.
08:19Cross nest, cross nest.
08:21Can you look if you see a ship coming towards us?
08:24All right, stay, boy.
08:29All right, take it.
08:33A weather system is keeping the mystery contact concealed,
08:36but the chances of it being anything other than a whaling ship
08:39are very slim.
08:40Hasn't changed course, has it?
08:42No.
08:43What I'm really anxious about is,
08:45is this a harpoon ship, and have we caught a tail?
08:50There are three types of ships in the whaling fleet.
08:53The security vessel, which guards the fleet.
08:56The Nishinmaru, the whaler's factory ship,
08:59and the Sea Shepherd's ultimate target.
09:03And three harpoon ships that kill the whales.
09:07If the mystery ship reveals itself to be one of the kill ships,
09:10it will become a tail,
09:11and the Bob Barker would be even further away
09:14from attaining the Nishinmaru.
09:16It's still doing 15.
09:1915 knots took the Nishin, though, couldn't it?
09:21If it was a harpoon ship, why wouldn't it go faster, right?
09:24Yeah.
09:25If they were either whaling,
09:27or if they were scouting ahead of the Nishin.
09:29The target heading towards us is going 15 knots,
09:31which indicates that it may actually be the Nishinmaru,
09:34and not one of the Yushins,
09:35since the Yushins can do much faster than that.
09:37Keep in mind, if they're whaling,
09:39all the ships are together.
09:40But if it's the Nishinmaru,
09:42we would be in a bad situation.
09:44Our engine is still not running.
09:46I don't know, maybe it is the Nishin.
09:48Maybe.
09:49Because it's a pretty big target.
09:51Yeah.
09:52With the factory ship possibly within reach,
09:56Captain Hammerstad pushes his team
09:58to get the engines back on line.
10:00Erwin Bridge, we have some movement on radar.
10:03Okay.
10:04I'm not ready to call it yet,
10:06but it might be the Nishin coming right at us.
10:10We need to run?
10:11Yep.
10:12We need to start the engine.
10:14We'll do whatever we can.
10:16All right.
10:17Thanks, brother.
10:19Engineers Erwin and Dan
10:21scramble to come up with a fast workaround
10:23and get the engines running again.
10:36Erwin told me we have to start up the engine.
10:39I do feel some pressure.
10:41If our repair doesn't work,
10:43it could turn catastrophic and end our chase.
10:46Here we go.
10:47Here we go.
10:48Here we go.
10:50It looks very good at the moment, but we'll just have to see.
11:04Time will tell and we'll keep the ship going,
11:06but there is a possibility that we will have to stop again.
11:09With the engine fixed, the only question that remains is which ship is coming straight to us.
11:16My greatest fear is that it's going to be a harpoon ship.
11:20My greatest hope is that it's the Nishin Maru.
11:24They will be on our closest point in six minutes.
11:28Oh, my God.
11:29Please be the Nishin Maru.
11:30It's a big target.
11:31It's a massive target.
11:32How far now are they?
11:33They are 1.7.
11:34So we should be able to see them soon.
11:35Oh, please be them.
11:36Please be them.
11:37Please be them.
11:38It's a big target.
11:39It's a massive target.
11:40How far now are they?
11:41They are 1.7.
11:42So we should be able to see them soon.
11:43Oh, please be them.
11:44Please be them.
11:45Cross nest.
11:46Cross nest.
11:47Keep looking.
11:48They're very close.
11:49All good.
11:50Speed's decreasing.
11:5114.
11:52It'd be awesome if it's the Nishin Maru.
11:54It's still sawn down.
11:55It's pretty weird that I...
11:56It's a big target.
11:57It's a big target.
11:58It's a massive target.
11:59How far now are they?
12:00They are 1.7.
12:01So we should be able to see them soon.
12:02Oh, please be them.
12:03Please be them.
12:04Please be them.
12:05It's pretty weird that they're going straight at us.
12:10Now they're slowing down more.
12:12Maybe they saw us.
12:13Maybe.
12:14Right there, man.
12:15Keep a look.
12:16What do you see?
12:17What do you see?
12:22The fog really came in.
12:24I can't see anything.
12:26Concealed by the fog, the Bob Barker sits frozen,
12:29waiting to identify a mystery vessel moving towards them.
12:34I mean, there's no way they could have seen us, right?
12:37If it's the Nishin Maru, the Sea Shepherds will be in a great position to shut down whaling.
12:43Oh, please be them.
12:44Please be them.
12:45But if it's a harpoon ship, it will become a tail and broadcast their movements to the factory ship.
12:53There's no way they can see us, though, surely.
12:58Yeah, there's really bad visibility now.
13:01For Peter Hammerstadt, who's leading the entire campaign for the first time, the coming moments will be critical.
13:08No, they're slowing down more.
13:10Maybe they saw us.
13:11Maybe.
13:12Right there, man.
13:13Keep a look.
13:14What do you see?
13:15What do you see?
13:16One of the Yushis.
13:17As this object breaks the fog, we all realize that it's Yushin Maru number three.
13:35The morale in the bridge of the Bob Barker has hit bottom low.
13:39This is the worst feeling, pretty much.
13:41Now that the Steve Irwin and the Bob Barker have a tailing ship, it's going to be very difficult to find the Nishin Maru.
13:48I seriously think the campaign is over for the Bob Barker.
13:54Where are they going?
13:56They're going closer.
13:58Closer?
13:59Okay.
14:00Of course.
14:02As soon as I see that the Yushin Maru number three was coming towards me, I feel like hope is lost.
14:08And that the hunt for the Nishin Maru is delayed probably for a long period of time.
14:14Hey, Dre.
14:15Yeah?
14:16Call Sid and ask him what course he thinks we should go in.
14:20Yeah, thank you.
14:25Steve Irwin, this is Sid.
14:27Hey, Sid.
14:28It's Andrea again.
14:29Do you all have a course that you think we should take?
14:31Tell him with the changing weather.
14:33Maybe a course of northwest might be better for you.
14:36Okay.
14:37Copy.
14:38We'll go northwest.
14:39Thank you, Sid.
14:40Hi.
14:41At this point in the season, the temperatures are much lower.
14:45The whales start migrating up north.
14:47It's a very krill-rich area, which is the primary food of the whales.
14:51So, I feel that our best bet to find the Nishin Maru is to head in a north-westly direction.
14:59Sid recommended a course of northwest.
15:01Northwest?
15:02Really?
15:03Yeah.
15:05Sid tells me, go northwest.
15:08But the reason that I don't think that the whaling fleet will be in that area is because there's weather conditions that are far from optimal for whaling.
15:16How about this visibility?
15:18Geez.
15:19So, when I'd head northwest, I know it's a crapshoot.
15:22It's a long shot.
15:23It's our Hail Mary.
15:25Sid?
15:26Ah.
15:27Interesting.
15:28Another unknown target appears on the Bob Barker's radar.
15:32But with the visibility still limited, the ship can't be identified.
15:33There's no way it can be weather, right, Ben?
15:34No.
15:35It's turning against the wind.
15:36No.
15:37It's turning against the wind.
15:38No.
15:39No.
15:40No.
15:41No.
15:42No.
15:43No.
15:44No.
15:45No.
15:46No.
15:47No.
15:48No.
15:49No.
15:50No.
15:51No.
15:52No.
15:53No.
15:54No.
15:55No.
15:56No.
15:57No.
15:58No.
15:59No.
16:00It's turning against the direction of the wind, so it's pretty unlikely to weather us.
16:05It would be nice to get that confirmation as to what it is.
16:07We're not out of the battle yet.
16:09Hey, I've got another ship on radar.
16:11We spotted them at 18 miles away, heading away from us.
16:14So we need that helicopter opportunity as possible.
16:17Alright.
16:18I'll send it up right away.
16:23It's gone.
16:25Helicopter pilot Jerry Nell will attempt to identify the mystery ship.
16:32I hope we get him today.
16:34Looks like there's a second target.
16:36I thought it was an iceberg to begin with.
16:38Yeah, you see that?
16:40It's even a trail.
16:42Keep a sharp lookout to the east.
16:45On the horizon or below?
16:47No, we're right on the horizon.
16:50That might have been the greatest leap of faith of this campaign.
16:54Down northwest.
16:56There's something out there.
16:58I see it.
16:59Yeah, I see it.
17:00It's pretty big.
17:01Yeah.
17:03A parker from Seawatt.
17:07Go ahead, Seawatt.
17:09We think we have it in time.
17:11Let me just have a look through your camera again.
17:14Right in this direction there.
17:16It looks a bit like an iceberg.
17:20Yeah, I know.
17:21I think it's a piece of ice.
17:23It looks like there's three targets.
17:25Really?
17:26Don't forget to look behind us, Joey.
17:28Yeah, no worries.
17:29It's so nerve-wracking.
17:32Finding the Japanese whaling fleet is a bit like finding a needle in a haystack.
17:36And I know that with a tailing vessel the chances of finding the Nishimaru are incredibly slim, but at the same time I'm feeling super optimistic because this target could very well be the Nishimaru.
17:49What's that out there?
17:5011 o'clock?
17:51Maybe.
17:52That's 30.
17:5311?
17:54That's pretty big.
17:55Come on, come on, come on, come on.
17:58That's it.
17:59That's it.
18:00We have a vigil on three ships.
18:01Very confident that it is the Nishimaru and the two U ships.
18:02That's it.
18:03We have a vigil on three ships.
18:07We have a vigil on three ships.
18:08Very confident that it is the Nishimaru and the two U ships.
18:14We have them for sure.
18:19Hello there.
18:20They must be feeling happy to see us again.
18:21I mean, I bet they felt lonely without us.
18:22Hello, Nishimaru, this is Sarah.
18:23Your family is over here.
18:24See you.
18:25See you.
18:26Hello.
18:27Hello.
18:28Hello.
18:29Hello.
18:30Hello.
18:31Hello.
18:32Hello.
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18:36Hello.
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18:47Hello.
18:48Hello.
18:49Hello.
18:50Hello.
18:51Hello.
18:52Let's go.
18:53Hi.
18:54See you again.
18:55We'll talk to your company for a little while.
18:56Hope you don't mind.
19:02They're running Southwest.
19:03I think the priority's going to be getting the ball on them.
19:06Right.
19:07If we could catch him up.
19:08I mean, I don't know if he's faster than them at the moment.
19:11We're going to have to pick up a bit more speed.
19:16We'll go up to 87.
19:17And Erwin, am I right?
19:18Sure.
19:19With the Nishinmaru traveling at top speed, the repairs to the Bob Barker's engine will be put to the test.
19:28The range is decreased.
19:30We're gaining very, very slowly.
19:32They're a lot faster this year, aren't they?
19:35Can we push this anymore?
19:36Yeah, sure.
19:37Yeah?
19:38Yeah.
19:39It's nerve-wracking.
19:40Once I pick up speed to cover this area as quickly as possible, I'm still hesitant and still worried that I may not be able to make the speed to keep up with the factory ship.
19:52Is it vibrating a bit more?
19:58No?
20:00Do you mind going down and having a look?
20:02We just found the Nishinmaru, so we've got to push the engines back up to full power.
20:07The fact that we had the engine issue earlier, you know, has me a little concerned, you know, about whether we're going to be able to keep pushing it for a long period of time to catch up to them.
20:17We're really gaining on them now.
20:20Everything look good?
20:22Yep.
20:22Yep, no barking or anything?
20:25We hit it here.
20:26Temperatures are all the same?
20:28Yep.
20:29It's hurting like a kitten with a camel's back.
20:31Good.
20:32Wow, they've slowed down, haven't they?
20:33I think they decided that they can now run us.
20:37The engines did us well.
20:39Yep.
20:41It appears the repairs to the engine have been a success, and the Bob Barker is now slowly gaining on the factory ship.
20:49They'll be on the slipway in a matter of hours.
20:51Can you see them visually now?
20:54Oh yeah, I see them.
20:55The Nishin Maru is the only vessel that can actually process any of the dead whales, so by shutting down the Nishin Maru, we shut down the entire fleet.
21:09The Sea Shepherd's strategy for stopping the whalers is to use their ships to physically block the transfer of whales from the harpoon ships to the slipway of the Nishin Maru.
21:18The Antarctic is really the last frontier as far as it comes to wilderness, and for me, this is about more than just the whales that we'll save through our interventions.
21:30Stopping the Nishin Maru is very much a stance against exploitation in the Antarctic.
21:36How far away is this, Steve?
21:39With the Shonen Maru still following them, the Steve Irwin joins the Bob Barker on the tail of the Nishin Maru.
21:46It's been a campaign of missed opportunities and failures, but now, for the first time all season, both the Steve Irwin and the Bob Barker have their nemesis in their crosshairs.
22:06Good morning, Steve. Nice to see you.
22:08Nice to see you as well. You can just leave. We'll just follow you.
22:13All right, we're just going to settle in then.
22:14And I'll speak to you later.
22:16All right, thanks.
22:17This is also the first time all season that they've been truly outnumbered.
22:22We've got the entire fleet together.
22:25We have two ships behind us, and there's harpoon ships that are guarding the back of the Nishin Maru.
22:30We really don't know what they're doing.
22:32But it's a huge relief to know that we're currently keeping up with them.
22:37We're just waiting to see what card they play next.
22:39Today's the day we've been hoping for all campaign.
22:44We have the Nishin Maru firmly in sight, and there's no getting away from us.
22:52It's early morning in the Antarctic.
22:55We have the Nishin and two Yushins there.
22:57Captain Hammerstadt's ships are chasing the Nishin Maru and two flanking harpoon vessels.
23:02Where's that other Yushin?
23:05Still giving you safety steps.
23:08The Yushin Maru-3 and the Whalers' security ship are lurking behind the Sea Shepherd vessels one and a half miles away.
23:17Oof, this weather is nasty.
23:20The Sea Shepherds are trying to get to the Nishin slipway, but the weather has become fierce.
23:26Large ocean swells are getting bigger and slowing their advance.
23:30The Nishin Maru just turned right on us.
23:40What are they doing?
23:41I don't know the intentions of the harpoon vessels, but they're coming straight to us.
23:49My fear is that their intention is to try to get us to lose the Nishin Maru.
23:53The two harpoon ships that were flanking the Nishin have turned and taken up position behind the Sea Shepherd vessels along with the remaining Yushin.
24:08Suddenly, the Sea Shepherds are the ones being chased.
24:11What are they doing?
24:14Are they still coming towards us?
24:15The first one is charging for us.
24:18The harpoon vessels are behind us, and they keep closing in.
24:22They're really coming for us.
24:24The only thing that goes through my mind is that the Whalers are coming to beat us up.
24:29They're going to try something.
24:30The Sea Shepherd's got a lot in the water.
24:56One of the Sea Shepherd's own tactics is about to be used against them.
25:03Prop fouling.
25:04The Yushins are trailing thick lines.
25:07If the Sea Shepherds run over them, the lines become tangled in their propellers.
25:11It could severely damage and disable their ships.
25:16Bob, Bob.
25:17Steve?
25:18Hey, Sid.
25:19The Yushin Maru is going in at 15 knots with the intention to do a line.
25:23I think the Whalers and the Harpoon Ships picked the time for this attack very specifically.
25:31I think that they tried to time it so the weather would really stop us from being as effective as we could be.
25:36We can't put the small boat in the water in these conditions, and we might not be able to defend our ships at all.
25:40They're launching an attack on the Sea Shepherd ships in bad weather.
25:49This is something that we have not prepared for.
25:52Yeah, right.
25:52Okay.
25:52Well, uh, let me call you back.
25:56I just need to think.
25:57All right, Peter.
25:57Understood.
25:59This is the first time that we came down here without Paul.
26:02The real benefit that you have with Paul's presence is that he can act on instinct and act quickly.
26:09We don't have that now that he's not present.
26:11It's different without Paul.
26:14Oh, my God.
26:15They're very close to us.
26:17Are they trailing a line, Ben?
26:18Yeah, that usually is trailing a line.
26:22Given that the harpoon vessels are faster and more maneuverable than the barb Barker,
26:27it'll be very, very difficult to avoid these lines and still stay on the slipway of the Nishinbaru.
26:33There's not that much we can do when they're this much faster.
26:37Do you have any ideas?
26:39Ideas?
26:40Peter keeps asking me what to do, and tension of the bridge is high.
26:45We don't know what to do anymore.
26:48It's really not what we want.
26:55What do you think about launching the Gemini?
26:59The priority will be cut that line of the harpoon ship.
27:01I don't think it's a good idea.
27:05Is it too sketchy?
27:07Peter is willing to put the boats on the water, but the seas are so rough, and we don't want
27:14to injure our crew.
27:15We don't want to risk their lives.
27:17With five-metre swells and 20-knot winds, launching the Gemini in such harsh conditions would be unprecedented for the Sea Shepherd.
27:25These are conditions that we've never launched in before.
27:27They're so rough that we wouldn't even usually be out on deck at this point.
27:31I'm not convinced that we can launch the boats in these conditions.
27:33Say it, Peter.
27:34Go ahead, Peter.
27:35What do you think about us launching the Gemini?
27:37It's pretty sketchy conditions, isn't it?
27:39Yeah, and there's no point.
27:41We won't be able to cut any cables at that speed anyway.
27:45When I make the suggestion to launch the small boat, my crew is quite hesitant, but if we don't
27:50launch the small boat, we could lose the Nishin Maru.
27:55And one thing that I've learned from sailing for so long with Captain Paul Watson is that
28:00he always keeps the main goal always in focus, which is how many whales we save.
28:05And so I can't risk losing the Nishin Maru.
28:09I don't know if there's any other option but to try with the Gemini.
28:11Can you tell Phil we've got to get the Gemini?
28:15It's on the action stations.
28:17So let's get that boat uncovered.
28:23I was sleeping when I got a knock on my door.
28:29The Nishins came in and they have been trailing lines and trying to make us lose ground on the
28:35Nishin.
28:36She had informed me that Peter decided to go ahead and launch the boats.
28:42Phil Peterson, the Bob Barker's lead boat driver, is a veteran sea shepherd who's logged countless
28:47hours on the high seas.
28:49Let's get that boat on the bulwarks, quick.
28:51Can you get the straps on, the tails up?
28:54Just getting the boats off on a calm day is a choreography of chaos.
28:58Ready on your lines!
29:00So trying to get the boat in the water in these conditions is going to be extremely difficult
29:06and extremely dangerous.
29:07Might be a little bumpy.
29:09Peter Hammersted pretty regularly listens to the input of his officers in these situations.
29:16But this time I was not asked and I'm really pissed off.
29:23When the Yushins cross in front of the sea shepherds, the Bob Barker and Steve Irwin
29:28will have no choice but to slow down to avoid entangling the trailing lines in the propellers.
29:33This will allow the Nishin Maru to slip away.
29:36Sid, Peter.
29:37Go ahead, Peter.
29:38As soon as this Yushin decides to cross our bow, that's when we're going to slow down
29:42and launch the boat.
29:43All right.
29:44Be ready to go.
29:45Ready.
29:46They'll have to launch quickly because with every second it takes, the ultimate prize will
29:50slip further and further away.
29:53Let's get the boat team in.
29:55Go, Brian.
29:56Get in.
29:57Go.
29:58Get in.
29:59At this point, there's a lot of pressure.
30:00I know Peter's expecting me to get the boat in the water straight away, but there's always
30:03that playoff between how quickly we can do it and how slowly we need to do it to make
30:07sure everyone survives it.
30:08It's trying to cut ahead of me now.
30:10Slow down a little bit.
30:11Yep.
30:12Slow down.
30:13Let's get that boat in, Anna.
30:14Quick.
30:15Slow down.
30:16Quick.
30:17Quick.
30:18Quick.
30:19Quick.
30:20Quick.
30:21Hang on.
30:22Take that.
30:23Swing out.
30:24Oh.
30:25Easy.
30:26Swing.
30:27Quick.
30:28Easy.
30:29Wait.
30:30Wait.
30:31Wait.
30:32We've slowed down.
30:33Let's get that boat in, Anna.
30:35Quick.
30:36Black.
30:37Now.
30:38Captain Hammerstadt has ordered one of the small boats launched to help defend against the
30:44swarming harpoon ships.
30:45Swarming harpoon ships.
30:46Whoa.
30:47We're gonna jump.
30:48However, there are currently five-meter swells.
30:51Hang on.
30:52And the deck team has never launched in seas this rough.
30:56Easy.
30:57Quick.
30:58Wait.
30:59Wait.
31:00Oh.
31:01Take that.
31:02Swing out.
31:03And I'll breathe.
31:04Quick, quick, quick.
31:05Get it down.
31:06Get it down.
31:07Get it down.
31:08Get it down.
31:10Get it down.
31:11All right, let's bring it up, 70.
31:13Bring it up, 70.
31:14How far is the Nishin?
31:1610?
31:18Slowing down for the launch allowed the Nishin Maru to pull out six and a half miles.
31:23The Gemini will have to cut the Yushin's lines for the Sea Shepherds to have any hope of staying with the factory ship.
31:30Tell the Gemini to go for this Yushin.
31:32Gemini, Gemini, bridge.
31:34Go ahead.
31:35Go for the Yushin in front of us. Cut their lines.
31:38Yeah, copy.
31:41What's the Gemini doing?
31:54This line will be easy for the Gemini to cut because it's so long.
31:58All right, this is going to be pretty tough, you guys.
32:01Jeez, I'll cut it. You hold it.
32:04As one of the Yushins prepares to cross in front of the Barker,
32:08Getting closer.
32:09The Gemini has limited time to cut their line.
32:12If they fail, the Barker will need to slow down again and lose more ground to the Nishin Maru.
32:19Get ready. It's like three meters. A little closer.
32:23All right, I got it. I got it. I got it.
32:25Grab it, please. Grab it.
32:27Grab it.
32:28Grab it.
32:29Are they having any luck with that line? They seem to be struggling.
32:32Oh, come on.
32:34Look at that line.
32:36Grab it.
32:37Crab.
32:38I realized that they were towing cable rather than line.
32:47So now we have to rethink how we're going to cut these cables.
32:50Ask if they got it. Ask if they got it.
32:52No, no, no.
32:53Take off the speed, Una. Bring it down to 50.
33:0050.
33:01There's their line.
33:0230.
33:0330.
33:04Okay.
33:05What's their range now?
33:0615 miles.
33:07So frustrating.
33:08Fire, Barker, about Barker or Gemini comes too.
33:13Just so you know, it looks like the Yushin has cable.
33:18Ask them if they'd be able to use the Jaws of Life.
33:23The Jaws of Life are a brand new tool the Sea Shepherds have added to their arsenal.
33:33The hydraulic cutting mechanism runs on a motor and is capable of slicing through thick steel cable.
33:43Can you use your Jaws of Life?
33:46Standby.
33:47I don't know.
33:48What do you think?
33:49Yeah, it means we've got to be able to grab that cable.
33:55We purposely bought the Jaws of Life to cut cable in good conditions.
34:00And the fact that the conditions are so bad, it's probably about a 10 out of 10 as far as danger is concerned.
34:07I feel like we can get the cable.
34:09Like, you had us really nice in their wake.
34:13As the Gemini prepares the Jaws of Life,
34:17the Jaws of Life,
34:19the Yushins continue their attacks on the Barker and the Irwin.
34:27We know that they're superior vessels and they've got faster speed,
34:31but this is the first time that we're seeing them do this so aggressively.
34:35Stop. Stop it. Stop it. Stop it.
34:37Zero pitch.
34:38That bridge buoy is clear. Missed. It's missed over. You are clear.
34:42Okay. Pick it up. Pick it up. Pick it up.
34:44To see the harpoon ships cut across our bow, take a full 360 degree circle,
34:49and within a couple of minutes cut across again, is a little shocking.
34:54They're going to come right back in.
34:56They're just running in the one after the other here.
34:59I've got to get the small boat on that thing.
35:01Unless the Gemini is able to cut these trailing lines,
35:05it's going to be a big challenge to try and keep up with the mission model.
35:13One of the harpoon ships is now attempting to cross the Bob Barker from the starboard side.
35:18The Gemini will have just minutes to cut the cable before it can complete the pass.
35:23This cable could easily catch somebody and flip them out of the boat.
35:38It could break their neck.
35:40Obviously, we have a task to do, but I'm not about to do this operation
35:44if I think my crew is going to get hurt.
35:46Push your head.
35:48Push your head.
35:51Here comes the Yushin.
35:53Where's the Gemini?
35:54Are they even close to cutting it?
35:55No.
35:59We're going in.
36:00Okay, that's looking good.
36:02Grab it.
36:03You got it.
36:06Crap.
36:07They're turning to the Bob now.
36:09They're turning out.
36:10I don't think the Gemini is going to make it before they cut in front of us.
36:13Take off the speed, Anna.
36:1450?
36:1550.
36:1640%.
36:17There's their line.
36:18Okay.
36:19Bring it up.
36:20All the way up to 80.
36:21Mission is disappearing in the pub.
36:22No.
36:23Are they having any luck with that line?
36:24Not yet.
36:25No.
36:26Grab the line.
36:27Grab the line.
36:28Come on, guys.
36:29Gemini, we really need you guys to hurry up.
36:30We're losing too much ground.
36:31We're having trouble grabbing the cable.
36:32Can you grab it?
36:33It's rough out here to start.
36:34Yeah, it is.
36:35The cable's not too much.
36:36It's not too much.
36:37It's not too much.
36:38It's not too much.
36:39It's not too much.
36:40It's not too much.
36:41It's not too much.
36:42It's not too much.
36:43It's not too much.
36:44It's not too much.
36:45Yeah, it is.
36:46The cables are moving.
36:47The boat's moving all over the place because of these seas.
36:50And Peter Hammerstedt has no concept of how rough it really is out there.
36:54He's rough the cable up so it doesn't catch.
36:57They're not really getting anywhere close to cutting that line, are they?
37:00No.
37:01Gemini, Bob.
37:02I need you to cut the cable.
37:04I'm getting more and more pissed off every time he says to cut these cables because my crew's
37:09going to get hurt.
37:11March.
37:12March.
37:13March.
37:15Get off, man.
37:16I'm not doing anything.
37:17Yeah.
37:18I'm not going to get hurt.
37:19What's the Gemini doing?
37:21The Gemini has stopped.
37:27Just stopped?
37:28We made multiple attempts to cut the cable with the hydraulic jaws.
37:40But at this point, I realized that it wasn't going to happen and we retreated.
37:44Is there another hard-parent ship coming in on us?
37:46Yeah.
37:47It's right at us too.
37:49Gemini, Bob Barker.
37:52Gemini, Bob Barker.
37:53Come in.
37:57Okay.
37:58Gemini, bridge.
38:01Gemini, Bob Barker.
38:03Answer the radio.
38:05Answer the radio.
38:07Can you try him on the sat phone?
38:09Gemini, Gemini, Bob Barker, Bob Barker.
38:12Can you copy?
38:13They certainly hear it.
38:14They're just not answering.
38:15Gemini, Bob Barker.
38:17Answer the radio.
38:19Okay.
38:20I'm so pissed off.
38:23Did you see them, Ben?
38:25No.
38:30Do you want to see her?
38:31Hey, Peter, go ahead.
38:32You have a visual on the Gemini, right?
38:34No, we do not.
38:35Okay, thank you.
38:37Gemini.
38:38Gemini.
38:41Scrumming on starboard.
38:42Gemini, Bob Barker.
38:44Stop what you are doing and answer the radio.
38:59You usually start to catch up with us.
39:00Gemini, Bob.
39:01Gemini, Bob.
39:03Is this one coming in closer?
39:04Yeah.
39:05We really need their help here.
39:06It's closer to us.
39:07I'm just being apt to.
39:08I'm just so fast.
39:09I can't really do that much.
39:10We're going to lose Venetian.
39:11Where are they?
39:12Almost a beam.
39:13Almost a beam.
39:14Quick, quick, quick.
39:15Here, Peter.
39:16Look out, guys.
39:17The door.
39:18Stay clear of us.
39:20They're turning to porch, I thought it will end up in front of us again.
39:36You're welcome.
39:37Bring it down.
39:38Bring it down.
39:39Forty percent.
39:40Tell me when I'm clear of their line.
39:45Where is the nation?
39:49Where's the Nishin?
39:52They disappeared from radar.
40:14The Sea Shepherds have lost the Nishinmaru.
40:18And with no sign of the Gemini, the Yushins continue their attack.
40:22I think he's coming.
40:23They're tuning now.
40:34He's down.
40:36Brace for impact.
40:43Oh my god.
40:45Next time on Whale Wars.
40:48Steve Irwin, we've had a collision.
40:49A lot of sand dribs.
40:50Yeah, there's cracks.
40:52At this point, I feel darkness is starting to set in on this campaign.
40:59It's been very hard this year.
41:01There's been a lot of frustration with Peter.
41:03We've lost the Nishin on radar now.
41:05It's been a disastrous season, but none of that matters.
41:10What matters is that the only hope that these whales have is of us getting on that slipway.
41:15Try to cut their cable.
41:16Yeah!
41:18Paul Watson always says that it's not really about how many times you get pushed back.
41:24It's how many times you get back into the fight.
41:28Try it again!
41:29And we're going to give the whalers one heck of a fight.
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