This Sea Shepherd Conservation Society handout photo released on February 5, 2008 shows Sea Shepherd crew members in an inflatable boat (R) being hosed by water cannons from Japanese harpoon whaling ship, the Yushin Maru No. 1 (L) , as the Sea Shepherd helicopter (C at back) flies alongside in the Southern Ocean off Antartica. Sea Shepherd activists have been tailing Japanese whalers on their annual hunts in the Antarctic for the past five years. Getty Images logo Getty Images 12 months ago

This Sea Shepherd Conservation Society handout photo released on February 5, 2008 shows Sea Shepherd crew members in an inflatable boat (R) being hosed by water cannons from Japanese harpoon whaling ship, the Yushin Maru No. 1 (L) , as the Sea Shepherd helicopter (C at back) flies alongside in the Southern Ocean off Antartica. Sea Shepherd activists have been tailing Japanese whalers on their annual hunts in the Antarctic for the past five years.