Sea Shepherd Boat Crash PicturesThe bow of a Sea Shepherd anti-whaling boat, the Ady Gil, was broken off when a Japanese vessel collided with the much smaller six-person craft in the waters near Antarctica on Jan. 6. The crew members on the 78-foot carbon-fiber and Kevlar trimaran were transferred to another nearby Sea Shepherd vessel, but the $1.5 million Ady Gil was unsalvageable and left sinking in the Southern Ocean. The Japanese whaler, Shonan Maru No. 2, had no apparent damage. Whalers and anti-whaling activists frequently clash in the cold Antarctic waters as the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society sends boats to disrupt the hunts. Ropes to tangle propellers and rudders, stink bombs, sound equipment and other tactics are used by the anti-whaling activists to interfere with the whaling. See photos taken by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society of the clash between the Ady Gil and the Shonan Maru No. 2.  Explore More
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