Permalink: https://www.media.greenpeace.org/archive/Communication-Esperanza-to-Nisshin-Maru-27MZIFLEOIS0.htmlConceptually similarBridge of the EsperanzaGP019IFCompleted★★★★Sakyo Noda in the Southern OceanGP018KCCompleted★★★★Sakyo Noda, Southern OceanGP018Y1Completed★★★★Contacting the Whaling Fleet from aboard the EsperanzaGP019E6Completed★★★★Esperanza Crew, Southern OceanGP018JCCompleted★★★★Searching for Whalers in the Southern OceanGP018QTCompleted★★★★Yuko Hirono and Frank Kamp - Action against Japanese Whaling Fleet - Southern Ocean Tour 2005 - Sutton-HibbertGP0JYLCompleted★★★★Sakyo Noda aboard the EsperanzaGP018ZXCompleted★★★★Frank Kamp and Karli Thomas, Southern OceanGP018T5Completed★★★★View AllGP019DJCommunication Esperanza to Nisshin MaruCaptain Frank Kamp (left) and campaigner Sakyo Noda are on the bridge of the MY Esperanza talking to the crew of the Japanese whaling fleet, Nisshin Maru.Despite a moratorium on commercial whaling, the hunt for whale meat continues through the loophole of "scientific purposes".Locations:International Waters-Ross Sea-Southern OceanDate:18 Feb, 2007Credit:© Greenpeace / Daniel BeltráMaximum size:4992px X 3328pxKeywords:Climate (campaign title)-Communication-Day-Greenpeace activists-Greenpeace crew-Harbours-Indoors-KWCI (GPI)-Men-MY Esperanza-Oceans (campaign title)-Telephones-Two peopleShoot:Defending Our Oceans Southern Ocean Tour 2007The Greenpeace ship MY Esperanza is on her route towards Antarctica through the icy reaches of the Southern Ocean. This is the end of the 14 month Defending Our Oceans expedition which was started by a trip to the Southern Ocean to confront the Japanese government's whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. At the end of this expedition Greenpeace return to the whale sanctuary too, once again, defend the whales. Despite a moratorium on commercial whaling, the hunt for whale meat continues through the loophole of "scientific purposes".