The Steve Irwin performs a “Crazy Ivan,” a nautical maneuver in which the vessel turns 180 degrees. Paul Watson is hoping that this maneuver causes the ship following them to retreat! [Deleted Scene]

Paul Watson explains why he’s motivated to protect whales. Often criticized for his actions, Paul states that the opinions of others mean nothing to him next to saving the whales.

The Steve Irwin crosses into French territory to dodge a trailing vessel. Unfortunately, the vessel ignores the sovereignty of France and goes after them anyway! [Deleted Scene]

With the addition of the Ady Gil to the Sea Shepard fleet, Paul Watson is hoping to have a fast boat that harasses the harpoon ships while the Steve Irwin goes after the factory ships!

Thanks to to a generous donation from game show host Bob Barker, Captain Watson has been able to purchase another ship. The Sea Shepherd have been secretly repairing the old ship in hopes of adding it to it’s arsenal. The Bob Barker has something the Steve Irwin does not, a reinforced hull that will be able to break it’s way through the ice.

Whale Wars Season 3 Premiers Friday, June 4 th The third season of Animal Planet’s hit television series Whale Wars launches on Friday, June 4 th at 9 PM in the U.S. The new season of Whale Wars follows Sea Shepherd’s 6 th Antarctic Whale Defense Campaign, named Operation Waltzing Matilda in honor of Australia’s unofficial national anthem, on the three-month journey to the South Ocean Whale Sanctuary to stop illegal whaling.

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June 24th, 2009 Funchal, Madeira, Portugal - The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society today officially announced Operation Waltzing Matilda the 6th Sea Shepherd campaign to defend the whales of the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary from Japanese poachers.

About 30 members of the media attended the press conference despite the hotel manager insisting that the meeting had to be low profile and held in the back of the lobby hidden by the bar.

This is a research project, said Captain Paul Watson. Weve decided to demonstrate our solidarity with the Japanese, Australian, and New Zealand Research projects. Our primary objective is to research non-lethal means for defending whales. Of course this may include research into Japanese ships hull plate thickness, vessel stress tests, and paint chip analysis, as well as observation of whaler behavior in response to olfactory stimulation.

To illustrate the research theme of the Sea Shepherd campaign, Sea Shepherd Netherlands Director Laurens de Groot and Sea Shepherd UK Director Steve Roest donned inflatable boats marked research and armed themselves with Styrofoam harpoons to chase IWC delegates. In their attempt to get delegate tissue samples for research purposes, they had difficulty finding elusive Japanese whalers. However, Australian Environment Minister Peter Garrett innocently stumbled into the path of the harpoons and because Australia is apparently voting to support the slaughter of Humpbacks in Greenland, he was considered a legitimate target.