The Sea Shepherd ship Steve Irwin (right) in pursuit of the Japanese whaling fleet (left) during clashes in the Southern Ocean on New Year’s Day. Anti-whalers Sea Shepherd Conservation Society said they had clashed with Japanese harpoonists in the Southern Ocean, chasing them through ice packs, throwing stink bombs at them and being hit with water cannon.

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