Posted by Dave (in Anchorage, Alaska)
© Dave Walsh
Alas no, the Japanese whaling fleet’s factory ship, the Nisshin Maru is not up for sale. This vessel, the Whale 2, was spotted by Greenpeace Japan’s whale campaigner, Junichi, Dutch video-guru Maarten and I in Homer, Alaska, at the weekend. We couldn’t help but notice that it had “RESEARCH” plastered all over it, along with a for sale sign. And it’s registered in Valdez, of course – where one of the worst environmental disasters ever occurred, when the tanker Exxon Valdez hit a reef, spilling 11 million gallons of crude oil into Prince William Sound.