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the whale factory/research ship, the Nisshin Maru, of the Japanese whaling fleet, in the Southern Ocean whale sanctuary. 08 01
the whale factory/research ship, the Nisshin Maru, of the Japanese whaling fleet, in the Southern Ocean whale sanctuary. 08 01 2006
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Location: Southern Ocean, Antarctica
Photo credit: © jeremy sutton-hibbert / Alamy / Afripics
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