AUSTRALIA-ENVIRONMENT-JAPAN-WHALING-SEA SHEPHERD

Sea Shepherd's 'M/V Steve Irwin' navigates between two large tabletop icebergs in Antarctica's Southern Ocean while searching for the Japanese whaling fleet on December 22, 2008. Sea Shepherd is currently pursuing the Japanese whaling fleet in its 2008-2009 anti-whaling campaign, 'Operation Musashi'. AFP PHOTO/SEA SHEPHERD/Eric CHENG/HO RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE