Research whaling ships return home

Research whaling ships return home

Photo taken March 24, 2016, shows Nisshin Maru, the 8,145-ton mother ship of a whaling fleet, returning to a port in the western Japan city of Shimonoseki, after completing so-called research whaling in the Antarctic Ocean. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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