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00:00There is war in the Southern Ocean.
00:06Sea Shepherd, an environmental organization led by Captain Paul Watson,
00:11tries by all means to put an end to the Japanese whalers' activities.
00:15The activists believe that the whalers are violating the ban on commercial whaling.
00:20The whalers, however, argue that they are only collecting samples for scientific purposes.
00:26Both parties feel they are in the right.
00:27The environmentalists are prepared to do anything, even if it could cost them their lives.
00:37Last time at Whale Wars.
00:40We have to go through the ice.
00:43Things would have been different in open water.
00:46The ship has ice class 0, so we shouldn't even be here.
00:51You notice immediately when you are in danger.
00:59You notice immediately when you are in danger.
01:00The ice around the Steve Irwin is becoming increasingly compact. The situation is tense.
01:23Arne Feuerhahn and Simon Avery are ordered below deck in case there is a leak.
01:30The steel was pushed inwards a few centimeters.
01:39Dan Bebavi and the two deckhands are trying by all means to strengthen the ship's outer hull.
01:44We'll soon have a leak down here. These steel beams could break.
01:51We need a bar from here to there.
01:54It was terrible. By the time he arrived with the wood, everyone was really scared.
02:03We need all the pieces of wood you can find.
02:05And a saw.
02:11Even the people on the bridge knew that we had to get out.
02:20It's easy for us to sink here. But we'd like to keep going straight and not down.
02:30Things will get worse before they get better.
02:35The world is a vampire
02:46Send to drain
02:50Secret destroyers
02:54Hold you up to the flames
02:59And what do I get
03:03For my pain
03:05For my pain
03:06In spite of the rage
03:10Are you still just ready to pay
03:12In spite of the rage
03:16Are you still just ready to pay
03:17For my pain
03:18The Steve Irwin has been battling gigantic ice masses for 36 hours.
03:41At the moment, no one is thinking about stopping whaling. Now it's all about pure survival.
03:48The strong winds are blowing huge chunks of ice northward, away from the mainland. This makes the situation for the Sea Shepherds increasingly dire.
04:08Stormy winds are pushing the ice masses ever closer to the ship, so that the Steve Irwin is barely making any progress.
04:18The Steve Irwin is stuck and the ice is pressing relentlessly against the thin outer hull.
04:47Doesn't look good.
04:58In Antarctica, ships have often been crushed like matchboxes.
05:02The situation is serious. Chief Engineer Charles Hutchins personally assesses the situation below deck.
05:23We shouldn't be in the corn at all. Always in this spot.
05:31We could put them in here.
05:39Or across here.
05:42Immobilized, the Steve Irwin is even more vulnerable to the forces of the ice. The deckhands try to counteract this with wooden beams.
05:52They wanted to crash everything a little bit, but this was more like occupational therapy.
06:02In an emergency, that wouldn't have made any difference.
06:04I became more and more anxious the longer we were stuck.
06:16As we spend more and more time in there, it is that we spend more and more time in there.
06:46The wind has shifted in the last few hours. Perhaps we're now past the worst.
07:05In fact, the ice around the Steve Irwin is loosening somewhat and the ship can slowly push through the ice masses again.
07:29The ice chunks are drifting apart. Things are looking significantly better for us.
07:45And so, things are certainly looking a lot better.
07:49Okay, forward.
07:50Forward.
07:54Push it out.
07:57Try it again. Forward.
07:5910 ahead.
08:04We're clear.
08:05We're clear.
08:06Okay, bring it down.
08:15I had my concerns, but we made progress. I'll never need anything like this again.
08:22Yeah, I think you're okay.
08:24Okay, go forward.
08:27Warp speed.
08:31As a deckhand, you're saving the ship one minute and cleaning the toilets the next.
08:36I really thought we were stuck in the ice. The people on the bridge did a really great job.
08:46We're not completely out of the ice yet, but instead of total misery, it's now just a little misery.
08:51The Steve Irwin withstood the pressure of the ice masses.
09:02Now Captain Watson just has to find a way into the open water so the hunt for the Japanese whaling fleet can continue.
09:08The Sea Shepherds are located between an ice formation in the north and Antarctica in the south.
09:14To reach the Japanese whaling fleet, the environmentalists now have to rely on ice maps.
09:21Ice maps are satellite images, but they are always 24 hours old.
09:31Therefore, one must observe in which direction the ice is moving.
09:36It's not so dense in the north, is it?
09:42I just looked at the maps and the north looks best.
09:51The ice maps show a narrow gap in the ice formation leading to open water.
09:58Paul Watson hands over command for the next shift to Peter Brown, who is now responsible for ensuring that the Sea Shepherds find this gap.
10:06Right now, we're looking for a way through the ice. Antarctica is to the south. West is here.
10:24I am not a trained sailor and therefore I am not familiar with ice charts like these.
10:31We're now just driving along this ice field and looking for the gap, which hasn't been visible so far.
10:41Maybe it's on the ice cream menu, but it's not there. I prefer to trust my eyes.
10:48All this computer stuff is garbage.
10:50No ice cream menu has ever been better than my eyes when I simply look out the window.
11:02If the Sea Shepherds fail to find the opening in the ice, their entire mission will be in jeopardy.
11:12In the morning, Malcolm Holland and Luke van Horn want to get an idea of the progress made during the night.
11:17The flow of information is suboptimal.
11:22Above all, it is suboptimal that Peter Brown ignored the ice charts and therefore missed the gap to open water.
11:29You drove past it.
11:35I have no idea. We drove down the entire side and couldn't see any opening.
11:40Here. It looks big, but there's nothing there.
11:53It's difficult with people like Peter Brown. He simply ignored the cards, even though we had nothing better at our disposal.
12:03These ice maps can't compete with my intuition, my experience, and my eyes.
12:09Peter Brown's stubbornness costs the Sea Shepherds several days, during which the whalers can continue killing animals.
12:31Despite the poor visibility, Chris Altman has to embark on a reconnaissance flight to get the Steve Irwin back on course.
12:37Things are looking pretty bad in the north.
12:49Wait a minute, this looks promising.
12:52There is open water here.
13:04There is a 20 to 25 kilometer wide corridor towards the northeast.
13:11I'm coming back now.
13:11He found a corridor.
13:20Hi Paul. Chris found a way to open water.
13:27He gives us the coordinates and then we're there until the afternoon.
13:30Chris will find a route for us and then we'll finally chase the whaling fleet again.
13:44Open water everywhere.
13:52Thanks to Chris Altman, the Sea Shepherds are approaching the edge of the ice field.
13:56What does it look like?
14:02There's something on the starboard side.
14:05We are 45.
14:08Okay, I think we're good now.
14:09Despite Peter Brown's mistake, the crew made it to open water unharmed.
14:24Suddenly there were beautiful icebergs everywhere.
14:26I have a lot of experience with ice, but with that outer shell you had to be extremely careful.
14:37I've had easier days.
14:39Like a good omen, minke whales suddenly appear in front of the bow of the Steve Irwin.
15:07Incredible.
15:09If we want to save the whales, we cannot just look at ourselves.
15:15If we can't save the whales, we can't save the oceans.
15:19And if we can't do that, we can't save ourselves either.
15:22And if we can't save the whales, we can save ourselves.
15:25Minke whales are one of the smallest species of baleen whales.
15:30They are excellent swimmers and can reach speeds of over 20 kilometers per hour.
15:36For decades, minke whales were of no interest to whalers because of their size.
15:40But when baleen whales were almost wiped out due to whaling in the 1970s, minke whales were suddenly hunted.
15:48At present, the number of animals cannot be determined exactly.
15:51It is somewhere between 300,000 and 500,000.
16:03In 2005, Japan doubled its catch quota.
16:06Today, whalers kill 935 minke whales per season.
16:10Suddenly Jeff spots something on the radar.
16:22I was just saying to Peter Brown that one of the icebergs looks more like a ship on radar.
16:28Paul, I think we have a ship.
16:33Less than three nautical miles.
16:35Although the ship is only about five kilometers away according to the crew members’ calculations,
16:39they cannot see it through the thick fog.
16:47What's up?
16:49It's doing 10.1 knots.
16:52Is this getting any closer?
16:54At the moment it is moving away from us.
17:05I'll call the boat over.
17:06Captain Paul Watson has the Gemini prepared for an attack.
17:13He assumes that the signal on the radar is a Japanese whaling ship.
17:18But only with the motorboat do the Sea Shepherds have a chance of catching it.
17:23Get everything ready.
17:24We are barking dogs who also bite.
17:37We can't screw this up.
17:41Only the Gemini is equipped with a radar system.
17:45This is essential for navigating in fog on the open sea.
17:48It must be a whaling ship, but in 10 or 15 minutes we'll know for sure.
17:57We need the Gemini because of the radar.
18:00This is broken.
18:03You can't drive out.
18:05The captain cannot risk sending his crew out without radar.
18:18Losing your orientation in the fog can have fatal consequences.
18:22Since the Delta has no radar system on board and the Gemini’s is not working,
18:27the Sea Shepherds have to postpone the deployment of the boats.
18:29But it will be difficult to catch up with the ship with the sluggish Steve Irwin.
18:35That's the way it is. Every battle plan falls apart as soon as the battle begins.
18:49I would like to see it.
18:52He's safe behind an army of whales.
18:55Then we cut his harpoon rope.
19:05There is their wake.
19:14It's coming soon.
19:221-8-0. Does that fit?
19:24Yes, three more minutes.
19:27Come on, you idiot.
19:28Do you see it?
19:48The Kaikomaru.
19:52Sighting ship.
19:53I'll still give him a slap.
20:02Thanks to the fog, the Sea Shepherds were able to approach the sighting vessel unnoticed.
20:08The Kaikomaru is one of two reconnaissance ships in the fleet.
20:13This ship searches for the whale herds and passes the coordinates on to the harpoon ships, which then kill them.
20:17Tell them they are illegally participating in whaling in the Australian Antarctic Territory and should get lost.
20:30This year, the Sea Shepherds have a Japanese volunteer on board to act as an interpreter.
20:36She does not want to reveal her identity for fear of attacks on her family in Japan.
20:40Most Japanese believe that Sea Shepard is a terrorist organization, like Al-Qaeda.
20:49My parents freaked out when I told them what I was doing.
20:53They hate Sea Shepard and Paul Watson.
20:56My mother doesn't speak to me anymore, but I think it's wrong to catch whales.
21:03They should disappear.
21:04We warn them before every confrontation that they are disregarding the law.
21:23And if they refuse to leave, we take action to stop them.
21:27Commercial whaling was banned by the International Whaling Commission in 1986.
21:37However, one point of the regulation allows a certain number of elections to be killed for scientific purposes.
21:43The problem is that countries can determine their own catch quotas.
21:47Therefore, the Japanese whalers see no reason to stop their work.
21:54No answer, right?
21:57After the whalers fail to respond, Captain Watson orders a butyric acid attack on the sighting ship.
22:04Peter Hammerstedt gives final instructions to the pitching team.
22:11Don't target people, just work surfaces involved in killing elections.
22:15Our tactic with the stink bombs and the methyl cellulose is very effective because it is very difficult to continue working afterward.
22:28This makes it very uncomfortable for them to do their work.
22:32This is really exciting.
22:45The tension is rising.
22:46Ask if we have the green light.
22:52Can we get started?
22:54Yes, make the first casts from the bow.
22:56I've never followed a Japanese whaling ship.
23:09It was exciting to finally have the people in front of me.
23:14Of course, you want to score a hit and make the whalers' job more difficult.
23:17And then it becomes unhealthy to try for the elections.
23:18That makes it unhealthy.
23:23Warning!
23:24Warning!
23:24We started with the hydration.
23:27Rule is preceded by hydration.
23:30Yes!
23:30We are on devices!
23:32Warning!
23:33Warning!
23:35We started with the hydration.
23:36Oh!
23:38Goths!
23:38We started with the hydration.
23:40Good.
23:42Warning!
23:45Beautiful!
23:45Oh, keep them coming!
23:50Come on, you guys!
24:05Nice throwing.
24:15Can we slow down?
24:16Oh, no.
24:18I know.
24:19You're too close.
24:20Warning! Warning!
24:26That's really close.
24:27Warning!
24:30Alright, let's hold off.
24:32Hang on.
24:33We're gonna hit that.
24:35Brace yourself!
24:36Hold onto!
24:42Want, want, want!
24:46Everyone okay?
24:49One scratch on the side and the door is ruined.
24:53Where did you meet us?
24:55From the ladder to the bridge.
24:58Look at the damage.
25:02Pretty close.
25:04And a helicopter track?
25:06There isn't much of that left.
25:08When the ships are so close to each other, a kind of vacuum is created.
25:15I had to get out of there, but I hit her in the rear.
25:25You have to get better at that.
25:28Is that all you have?
25:30Weak!
25:31Now we turn around and then again.
25:42For Captain Paul Watson, the maneuver was just the beginning.
25:46It has to be far enough back.
25:54He is on the port side.
26:00If they think we are terrorists and capable of capsizing them, that helps us.
26:07Where is he?
26:10Right in front of you.
26:12Oh, I didn't see that.
26:14The one over there, on the starboard side.
26:23Speed, Rosser.
26:24Despite the first collision, Paul Watson sets his sights on the Kaikumaru again.
26:40These maneuvers are not without danger for everyone involved.
26:44But the captain has a very specific goal in mind with this tactic.
26:47We have never intentionally rammed a Japanese whaling ship.
26:54And I think I never will.
26:56But I want them to think that we would.
27:06Speed, Rosser.
27:08We won't ram them.
27:13We won't ram them.
27:3415 centimeters must break.
27:35He did everything right.
27:44You can't calculate something like that.
27:45This can only be achieved with experience.
27:50At the helm you have to feel the ship like a part of your body.
27:56As if you were transferring your physical sensations to the ship.
27:59I was afraid.
28:03If this ship breaks down, we have to go home.
28:08We're just wasting our time. Let's head north.
28:14This way we will never reach the Nishinmaru because everyone knows where we are.
28:20It's disappointing that it wasn't the Nishinmaru. It was a small success. But it's not over yet.
28:34Just a few hours after the incident, the Japanese whalers issued a press release with the following content.
28:44Sea Shepherd is a terrorist group that operates outside the law.
28:50Your actions threaten the safety of our crew members and scientists and should therefore be stopped immediately.
28:59Now the crew members have souvenirs from the Kaikumaru.
29:02One for everyone?
29:08That's color. Want to see something bigger?
29:14Do you want a piece of the Kaikumaru?
29:18Do you want a piece of the Kaikumaru?
29:24This is from last time, you can have it.
29:28But don't take it if you go overboard.
29:36With the Kaikumaru out of sight, the Sea Shepherds concentrate on the missions still to come.
29:42Luke van Horn tries to repair the Gemini's radar system so that the crew can also use the speedboats.
29:53The salt water has rusted some parts, but we should be ready for the Nishinmaru any day now.
29:59From a technical point of view, there is now nothing standing in the way of its use.
30:09To ensure that the crew also knows what to do, Quartermaster Jane Taylor draws on her experience in the Navy and creates an operational plan.
30:23Ready?
30:25For what?
30:27For the checklist.
30:29The list stays here on the bridge so we always know what to do next.
30:36Here we see how many minutes need to be done before deployment.
30:42I've never had a checklist for an inflatable boat. And even without one, I've never forgotten to refuel or misadjusted the GPS.
30:53If you can't do it that way, you should just give up.
30:56Dan has to get the boat deck ready 30 minutes before.
31:02But we've never had 30 minutes before a mission.
31:08This applies to everything on this list.
31:15Jane comes from the military, but they take twice as long to do everything as we do.
31:22Maybe it's safer and more correct this way, but I think it should be kept as simple as possible.
31:31I don't mean to offend you, so please stop arguing and just help me.
31:37I was really frustrated, so I had to get out of there.
31:42Thanks for listening.
31:46Yes, yes. She can make any complicated list she wants.
31:53But people shouldn't feel like they have to stick to any list.
31:58In a war, the first thing that goes out the window is the plan. Instead of 50 points, you only need four.
32:03I really don't want to deal with people like Jane.
32:07Even the next day the dispute is still not settled.
32:12Even the next day the dispute is still not settled.
32:29Everyone is allowed to express their opinion, but in the end the captain decides anyway.
32:33I was really annoyed with Peter Brown yesterday and we haven't spoken since.
32:42Other colleagues are not quite so closed to suggestions for improvement.
32:47The captain himself was angry because no one was there.
32:50Jane's list is fine. That's just how she was trained.
33:02The second officer, Peter Hammerstadt, calls a meeting to settle the dispute.
33:08The other watch officers take the new structures to heart.
33:13But the first officer is conspicuous by his absence.
33:16Somehow, innovations are always rejected. Even though they can be good.
33:23Jane created a list that saves us time, so we should use it.
33:29Paul is 100 percent behind this cause. So let's go!
33:35Jane is a great help on the bridge.
33:40In the end, I trust Paul's intuition. I'm just the man in the background.
33:47It's New Year's Eve. Celebrations are also taking place in the Southern Ocean.
33:58There. I've always had a sense of fashion.
34:03We're having a Bollywood party and I'm going as Gandhi.
34:07I am a real Bollywood star.
34:09When it comes to costumes, you have to improvise.
34:16Are you just a hot chick?
34:19Now it's time to celebrate.
34:20Even the crew on duty can join in the celebrations a little.
34:29I didn't know about a Bollywood party, but I happened to have a pink wig with me.
34:38The crew members have put wishes for the New Year in a bottle, which is now to be thrown overboard.
34:53I haven't made any resolutions. And if I tell you my wishes, they won't come true.
35:065, 4, 3, 2, 1, go!
35:16Even if we have a drink in our hand, we are saving whales because the Japanese are flying ahead of us.
35:38We are still the most effective activists against whaling.
35:41The crew of the Steve Irwin begins their fifth week at sea.
35:50The ship will need to be refueled soon, so Paul Watson takes a look around.
35:5898 tons of diesel, 30 tons of water.
36:02Not good news.
36:03We are almost at the eastern edge of the whaling grounds and fuel is running low.
36:12Let's see what options we have.
36:16The Steve Irwin is 2,500 kilometers from the nearest port.
36:21This means that if they do not encounter the whalers soon, the Sea Shepherds will have to return home.
36:26We head east and soon reach the area where we suspect the Japanese whalers are.
36:41There is still no trace of them.
36:43The radar only shows icebergs, but no ships.
36:56Perhaps the Sea Shepherds are wrong in their calculations.
37:04Captain Watson and his second officer try to develop a strategy to find the whalers before the fuel runs out.
37:13I sent out a press release so the Japanese would think we were going back.
37:19Sounds good.
37:25We hope that we can surprise the Japanese whalers in a few days.
37:31I know the Japanese are reading the news.
37:36If they think we're going back, they'll stop trying to shake us off.
37:40Then we can catch up with them.
37:43Everyone is going in the same direction.
37:53Too bad.
37:54Someone should do that.
37:59Hopefully we can recapture the fleet before we have to go back.
38:02Even if we find them now, it will only be a short visit because we will then have to go back to refuel.
38:13Any ship would be fine with me.
38:18We don't have much diesel left and drinking water is also becoming scarce.
38:20The Sea Shepherds have not seen a ship from the whaling fleet for ten days.
38:32And they don't have much time left.
38:37We have to find them today.
38:38The whalers are probably heading east, but we have already searched the entire area.
38:48Although we have a long-distance ship, we still have to pay attention to fuel.
38:54We must not drive so far that we cannot make it back.
38:57But I will use it to the last drop.
38:59We are now in this bay.
39:09Then we search for them systematically.
39:13The Sea Shepherds have less than 24 hours left.
39:16They continue to hope that they will succeed in taking action against the whalers before they have to return.
39:23If they're not here, I don't know what to do.
39:29We can't stay here much longer.
39:34If we find them, we'll do our thing.
39:37If not, we have to go back.
39:43Suddenly Captain Paul Watson receives a surprising call.
39:52Which ship?
39:52The Kyoshin Maru.
39:59But we didn't receive an emergency call.
40:03That's no use. After ten minutes, you're dead.
40:10So an accident or suicide.
40:12A man fell overboard on the Kyoshin Maru.
40:24A journalist just told me that.
40:26I didn't know anything about it.
40:30What happened?
40:31It was either suicide or he fell into the sea.
40:34A terrible death.
40:40You fall in and you're practically dead.
40:46Should we look for him?
40:48No, but I want to know where this ship is.
40:51Just ask where they are.
40:53They're unlikely to tell us that.
40:55The news spread like wildfire on the Steve Irwin.
41:03A man fell overboard on a sighting boat,
41:05which they have not found yet.
41:13The Sea Shepherds suspect
41:14that they are now in close proximity to the whaling fleet.
41:17But since diesel stocks are almost completely depleted,
41:21they must act quickly or postpone their deployment.
41:24I saw a small light from the bridge.
41:30There it is again.
41:35Yes, there is something on the horizon.
41:37Do you see that?
41:40Jane, do you see something?
41:4314.7 miles.
41:49The crew informs the captain.
41:54Ship on port side.
41:57Now environmentalists are faced with a difficult decision.
42:00Should they attack the grieving fleet or turn back?
42:05A searchlight.
42:07This is the Nishinmaru.
42:12They're looking for a crew member, but it's just for show.
42:18You can't find anyone in these waters.
42:26Cover the boats and get ready.
42:30There are lights, no idea what's going on.
42:34The captain prepares everything for an attack.
42:37But some crew members have concerns.
42:39Personally, I am against confrontation.
42:49How fast?
42:51Five knots.
42:53They're looking for a man, so we should leave them alone.
42:58I don't care what others think of me.
43:02Our clients are the whales.
43:03The boats are ready.
43:16They're looking for someone.
43:18That is not right.
43:30Next time at Whale Wars.
43:32Steve Avey, Steve Avey,
43:39Let's pick one.
43:42We are waiting for orders.
43:44We won't get a better chance.
43:47Do we still have fuel?
43:51Without fuel we are helpless and drift there.
43:54This is how ships sink.
43:56We won't make it to Hobart like this.
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