For the past several years, Captain Paul Watson and his Sea Shepherd Conservation Society crew have taken to the high seas to attempt to stop Japanese ships from hunting whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. Captain Paul Watson founded Sea Shepherd Conservation Society in 1977 because he believed his new organisation had to go even further to eradicate whaling, poaching, shark finning, habitat destruction and purported ocean law violations than the Greenpeace group he had co-founded. Taking viewers on a powerful journey behind the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s fight to eradicate whaling on the high seas, Discovery Channel’s thrilling new series 'Whale Wars' highlights both the controversial whaling trade and the tactics that Sea Shepherd and its staff and volunteers use to attempt to cripple it.
From ice storms to icy tensions on the Antarctic waters, catch all the action on 'Whale Wars' to air on Discovery Channel, every night at 10 pm in June.
'Whale Wars' documents the ongoing battles in the icy Antarctic waters as the conflict between Sea Shepherd and the whalers grows more intense with each engagement - each pushing the other to the limit to fight for what they believe. Watson and his eclectic group of international staff and volunteers - labelled activists and heroes by some, eco-pirates by others - take a hard-line approach to eradicate whaling and what they view as ocean-law violations.
In each episode of 'Whale Wars', Discovery Channel takes viewers on a powerful and adrenaline-fueled adventure and highlights how the group takes action against alleged illegal whaling operations. The Society’s fight to eradicate Japanese whaling on the high seas – where international laws are interpreted by different countries and organisations in different ways – utilises some aggressive techniques, including ramming and disabling whaling ships; disrupting whale carcass processing; engaging in physical entanglement; and boarding and dispersing fleets of whaling vessels. For the campaign this season, Sea Shepherd christened its vessel Steve Irwin, in honour of the iconic conservationist with the blessing of his wife Terri, both of whom support the organisation.
'Whale Wars' draws attention to this global conservation issue that has caused friction between several nations over the practice of whaling in oceanic territories. The 2010 campaign was particularly eventful, garnering international media attention and Discovery Channel crews were onboard to document it as it unfolded. No strangers to hostility and tension, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society faced enormous challenges from the get go. With the weather all awry, their ships had to employ harrowing nautical maneuvers as they navigated through ice fields and dodge attacks by the whaling fleets that they were trying to stop.
Watson’s group of staff and volunteers have engaged in a campaign every winter to find and stop Japanese ships that hunt whales in the name of research, attempting to stop them by any non-violent means necessary. Sea Shepherd’s dedicated crew have risked their lives at the bottom of the earth to save whales. Discovery Channel captures the intensity of Sea Shepherd’s mission and the trials and tribulations of the crew every night in 'Whale Wars'.
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