(c)hobartdaily.com - The Steve Irwin back in Port in Hobart

The Steve Irwin returned to Hobart on Friday fresh from the Southern Ocean where it has been protesting and trying to obstruct the Japanese whaling fleet and their whaling for “research” purposes.

The arrival was not without incident with Federal Police meeting it with a search warrant and confiscated the ship’s log book and video footage.

The footage seized dipicted the slaughter of a whale, first shot with an explosive harpoon and then pulled alongside the Japanese ship where it was shot 7 times in 20 minutes with a shotgun. It was this footage that caused the ship to return to port early when information was received a Japanese Security vessel had been deployed with commandos to intercept the sea shepherd and seize the footage

A bonus shot today showing the damage to the Steve Irwin from a collision with a Japanese Whaler.
(c)hobartdaily.com - The Steve Irwin showing damage from a collision with a Japanese Whaler