Sea Shepherd's M/Y Steve Irwin, foreground, slams into Japanese whaling ship, the Yushin Maru No. 3, during a clash in Antarctica's Ross Sea on Friday, Feb. 6, 2009. Japanese crews accused the radical environmentalists of recklessly ramming their vessel, while Sea Shepherd Captain Paul Watson in turn blamed whalers for disorienting him with LRADs (long-range acoustic weapons). The ensuing media war is as real as the battle fought on the water.