Sea Shepherd heads for mission to obstruct whalers

Sea Shepherd heads for mission to obstruct whalers

HOBART, Australia - Members of the anti-whaling Sea Shepherd Conservation Society depart from a port in the Tasmanian city of Hobart, Australia, on the Steve Irwin, on Dec. 2, 2010. Sea Shepherd's three-vessel fleet departed on a mission to obstruct Japanese whaling in the Antarctic waters as the hunting season begins.

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