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Anti-whaling activists accuse Japan fleet of attack
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society anti-whaling vessel Ady Gil on 6 January 2010 - photo from Institute of Cetacean Research of Japan
The Sea Shepherd said the bow was sheared off the Ady Gil
Anti-whaling activists have accused a Japanese vessel of ramming their high-tech speed boat during a confrontation in the Southern Ocean.
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society says its vessel was sliced in half, but all six crew were rescued.
Earlier the campaigners - who are trying to stop Japan's whaling fleet - said they threw chemicals onto the whaling boat to prevent it being used.
The whalers said the activists tried to tangle their propeller with a rope.
'Whale war'
In recent years the two sides have regularly confronted each other in the waters around the Antarctic.
Sea Shepherd spokesman Paul Watson said the incident had turned the confrontations between the whalers
Anti-whaling activists accuse Japan fleet of attack
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society anti-whaling vessel Ady Gil on 6 January 2010 - photo from Institute of Cetacean Research of Japan
The Sea Shepherd said the bow was sheared off the Ady Gil
Anti-whaling activists have accused a Japanese vessel of ramming their high-tech speed boat during a confrontation in the Southern Ocean.
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society says its vessel was sliced in half, but all six crew were rescued.
Earlier the campaigners - who are trying to stop Japan's whaling fleet - said they threw chemicals onto the whaling boat to prevent it being used.
The whalers said the activists tried to tangle their propeller with a rope.
'Whale war'
In recent years the two sides have regularly confronted each other in the waters around the Antarctic.
Sea Shepherd spokesman Paul Watson said the incident had turned the confrontations between the whalers