The Southern Seas around Antarctica are called the roughest in the world. In a desperate attempt to save a few whales, David Taylor takes his homemade 10-meter yacht into the dangerous waters to protest the killing of the whales by Japanese fishing boats. The fishing boats are not commercial fishing boats--since 1986, Japan has restricted commercial killing of whales. But under the cloak of 'scientific research', more than 1,000 whales are designated to be killed this year, including, for the first time,50 humpbacks, whales which are a favorite of whale watchers worldwide and still listed on the endangered species list as 'vulnerable'. Follow BBC correspondent Jonah Fisher (his real name) as he attempts to document the fate of the whales in the cold Antarctic waters. And pray, he doesn't get thrown overboard.
BBC's Whale correspondent, Mr. Jonah Fisher
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