Philip Hoare

Pirates of the Southern Ocean

<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Catching Thunder describes a thrilling sea chase across the Southern Ocean to prevent the illegal poaching of this endangered species</span></p>

issue 17 March 2018

  • Catching Thunder: The Story of the World’s Longest Sea Chase

    Eskil Engdal & Kjetil Sæter, trans. Diane Oatley

    Zed Books, pp. 391

Sea Shepherd is a radical protest group made famous — or notorious — by the American cable TV series Whale Wars and by the support of numerous Hollywood celebrities and rock stars. Having previously concentrated on obstructing whale-hunting from Japan to the Faroe Islands, it now focuses on other devastating acts of marine plunder.

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