Anti-whaling protest ship running out of fuel - Reuters

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Anti-whaling protest ship running out of fuel
Sat Jan 26, 2008 2:01am EST

By Michael Perry

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Environmental group Greenpeace
said on Saturday its anti-whaling ship, which has been
harassing Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean, had
saved an estimated 100 whales but was running low on
fuel and would return to port.

"In a dramatic 4,300-nautical mile chase, the Esperanza
spent 14 days chasing the whaling fleet's factory ship,
the Nisshin Maru," Greenpeace said in a statement.

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Japanese whaling officials have said they plan to try
to exhaust the fuel supplies of the anti-whaling ships
before they resume whaling.

That appears to be what is happening.

The Esperanza will return to port in Australia in
about 10 days time, ending its latest effort to stop
Japan from hunting the giant mammals.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSSYD9471920080126

[NNadir]

1. This begs the question of what the fuel is.