Anti-whaling activists and Japanese whalers exchanged water cannon fire in the Antarctic Ocean as two boats tailed the whaling fleet in an attempt to prevent the killing of any whales.

A CONSERVATION group’s boat had its bow sheared off and was taking on water yesterday after it was struck by a Japanese whaling ship in the freezing waters of Antarctica, the group said.

A conservation group’s boat was sinking today after its bow sheared off in a collision with a Japanese whaling ship in Antarctica.