Byrner
01-23-2008, 09:48 PM
Diary: Jonah and the whale-chasers
The BBC's Jonah Fisher is on the Greenpeace ship Esperanza, tracking the Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean. You can follow his travels over two months on the Ten O'Clock News, and in this diary.
Click here to read earlier entries in Jonah's diary. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7154508.stm)#
TUESDAY 22 JANUARY: CROWDED AT SEA
The vexed game of cat and mouse continues
The Southern Ocean can be a lonely place. After the first few weeks of travelling on board the Esperanza it began to feel as if it was the only ship afloat.
The radar blips were always either storms or icebergs, and the only main sound was the noise of waves crashing into the hull.
Having found company in the form of the whaling fleet, the Esperanza has spent the past 10 days with its eyes fixated firmly on the backside of the Japanese factory ship, the Nisshin Maru.
It's been led on a rambling route across the Southern Ocean through all points of the compass and back again.
Source: (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7171409.stm)
The BBC's Jonah Fisher is on the Greenpeace ship Esperanza, tracking the Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean. You can follow his travels over two months on the Ten O'Clock News, and in this diary.
Click here to read earlier entries in Jonah's diary. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7154508.stm)#
TUESDAY 22 JANUARY: CROWDED AT SEA
The vexed game of cat and mouse continues
The Southern Ocean can be a lonely place. After the first few weeks of travelling on board the Esperanza it began to feel as if it was the only ship afloat.
The radar blips were always either storms or icebergs, and the only main sound was the noise of waves crashing into the hull.
Having found company in the form of the whaling fleet, the Esperanza has spent the past 10 days with its eyes fixated firmly on the backside of the Japanese factory ship, the Nisshin Maru.
It's been led on a rambling route across the Southern Ocean through all points of the compass and back again.
Source: (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7171409.stm)