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Steve Irwin Returning to Fremantle January 28th
The Sea Shepherd flagship Steve Irwin will arrive back in Fremantle on Thursday, January 28th, to make emergency helicopter repairs, refuel, re-provision, and drop off rescued crew from the Sea Shepherd ship Ady Gil, which sank after being deliberately rammed and cut in two by the Japanese vessel Shonan Maru No. 2. The Steve Irwin is expected to turn around within 48 hours to return in pursuit of the Japanese whaling fleet along the coast of Antarctica. The Sea Shepherd ship Bob Barker continues to pursue the Japanese whaling fleet in the Antarctic. With two Sea Shepherd ships, the whaling fleet can be kept on the run by one vessel while the other resupplies. Captain Pete Bethune of the Ady Gil will be returning to the campaign as an officer onboard the Steve Irwin. Four of the six Ady Gil crew will disembark from the Steve Irwin in Fremantle. "There is nothing that is easy about this campaign this year," said Captain Paul Watson. "The supply lines are long, the hunting area is vast, hostile and remote, and this year the Japanese are more violently aggressive than any year before. Despite these obstacles, I am confident that we will once again be able to diminish kill quotas and that we will be able to save the lives of hundreds of whales."
The Sea Shepherd flagship Steve Irwin will arrive back in Fremantle on Thursday, January 28th, to make emergency helicopter repairs, refuel, re-provision, and drop off rescued crew from the Sea Shepherd ship Ady Gil, which sank after being deliberately rammed and cut in two by the Japanese vessel Shonan Maru No. 2. The Steve Irwin is expected to turn around within 48 hours to return in pursuit of the Japanese whaling fleet along the coast of Antarctica. The Sea Shepherd ship Bob Barker continues to pursue the Japanese whaling fleet in the Antarctic. With two Sea Shepherd ships, the whaling fleet can be kept on the run by one vessel while the other resupplies. Captain Pete Bethune of the Ady Gil will be returning to the campaign as an officer onboard the Steve Irwin. Four of the six Ady Gil crew will disembark from the Steve Irwin in Fremantle. "There is nothing that is easy about this campaign this year," said Captain Paul Watson. "The supply lines are long, the hunting area is vast, hostile and remote, and this year the Japanese are more violently aggressive than any year before. Despite these obstacles, I am confident that we will once again be able to diminish kill quotas and that we will be able to save the lives of hundreds of whales." 
