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Whaling ship in trouble in Antarctic Japan will face an international backlash if the Nisshin Maru, Japan's whale-processing ship that has been damaged by fire, causes an environmental disaster in the Antarctic, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark said Feb. 19. The Nisshin Maru was stranded without power after the fire Feb. 15. The fire claimed the life of crew member Kazutaka Makita, 27, and forced more than 100 others to evacuate to other vessels in the six-vessel whaling fleet. The Nisshin Maru carried more than 1,000 tons of oil and was drifting about 175 km from Antarctica's large penguin breeding grounds.
The Japan Times Weekly: Feb. 24, 2007 |
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