Author: Heller, Peter

Heller spent two months aboard the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's flagship, captained by founder Paul Watson, stalking the Japanese whaling fleet through the icy seas off Antarctica. The ship is all black, flies a Jolly Roger, and is outfitted with a helicopter, fast assault Zodiacs, and a seven-foot blade attached to the bow - the "can opener." The Japanese, who are hunting endangered whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary in violation of international law, know he means business: Watson has sunk eight whaling ships. Now in paper. 320 pp.