the whale warriors

"The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, a radical environmental group, is led by Paul Watson, who pursues whaling ships with his ship Farley Mowat and a crew of volunteers. Watson formed Sea Shepherd after he broke from Greenpeace, and the group is responsible for sinking eight whaling ships and ramming even more illegal fishing vessels—without loss of life. Adventure writer Peter Heller was invited to accompany Watson and crew during their 2005 campaign against the Japanese whaling fleet in Antarctica, and the result is this intimate and hair-raising eco-adventure.

The Farley Mowat is armed with water cannons, a catapult (for flinging garbage), a reinforced bow for ramming, and a weapon known as the "can opener." After weeks of heavy seas, fog, iceberg dodging, and cat-and-mouse with both the whalers and with Greenpeace—there is no love lost between Sea Shepherd and Greenpeace—on Christmas Day, in a Force 8 gale, the Farley finally encounters the Japanese fleet."

Loved this book!  I only wish it didn't have so many f-bombs so I could use it in class :)  Dan said there is a TV show based on Watson's campaign against whalers called Whale Wars...definitely adding it to our rental queue.