"Whale Wars" conservationists abandoned a sinking ship wrecked in a confrontation with Japanese whalers to resume their aggressive campaign to stop the hunt Friday amid concerns about contamination of pristine Antarctic waters.

The bow of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's Ady Gil was sheared off Wednesday in a crash with a far larger Japanese whaling ship — the most serious clash in what has become an annual confrontation off the frozen continent. About The Author: Steven Rogers
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