Whale Wars: Season 4 (2011)
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Episode 1: Ready to showdown
Recap of the first three seasons.
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Episode 2: Battle cry
The episode begins with the three Sea Shepherd ships regrouping. The crews of the Steve Irwin and the MY Bob Barker cheer as their new vessel, the MV Gojira arrives in port. The fleet then departs and separates to search for the Japanese whaling fleet. After encountering heavy swells, the crew of the Bob Barker notice that their fuel tank is leaking, and work to fix it. The Bob Barker spots a ship on the horizon, revealed to be the Yushin Maru. The crew celebrates, having found the whaling fleet only days after setting sail. The Steve Irwin also spots another harpoon ship.
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Episode 3: No escape
The crew of the Gojira witness the breathtaking views and wildlife they are there to protect. The Sea Sheapard vessels combine forces to find the Nishin Maru factory ship. A new helicopter donated by American game show host Bob Barker gets its first use. The Bob Barker and the Steve Irwin start to be followed by the harpoon ships.
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Episode 4: Ghost in the machine
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Episode 5: The devil's icebox
The Bob Barker tries to lose its tail by deploying both its small boats in an attempt to distract the Japanese ship to escape. The small boat crews set a tracking device on one of the Yushins and the Bob Barker manages to escape the ship's radar range. However, as the small boats race to rendezvous with the Bob Barker, one of the boats is found to be damaged and the boats must return to their original position to be picked up by the Bob Barker, which is now five hours away. This leaves the small boat crews out in the Antarctic air for more than half a day total. The crew begins to develop signs of hypothermia.
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Episode 6: Tracking the enemy
The Bob Barker returns to the last known coordinates of the small boats, the boats are eventually recovered, with two of their crew suffering from hypothermia. The Gojira spots a refueling ship which they believe has been commissioned by the whaling fleet. The Sea Shepard fleet regroups to follow the tracking device placed on one of the Yushins, but the signal is eventually lost. The Bob Barker is once again being tailed by a whaling ship. The Gojira is forced to return to port due to mechanical problems. Watson orders his fleet to interfere with the bunker ship Sun Laurel from resupplying of the Japanese whaling fleet.
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Episode 7: Race to save lives
No description. The New Zealand Navy contacts the Steve Irwin and asks the Sea Shepherds to respond to an emergency distress signal from a Norwegian sailboat with five crew members that have gone missing. The Steve Irwin sails to the ship’s last known position and launches its helicopter to aid their search. Despite their efforts, they are unable to find them. Ultimately, the New Zealand Navy calls off the search and the Sea Shepherds continue to search for the Japanese factory ship, the Nisshin Maru.
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Episode 8: Enemy in their grasp
The Sea Shepherd battles exhaustion to search for the whalers' factory ship, the Nisshin Maru. The search is especially hard on helicopter pilot Chris Aultman, who spends a long time searching from the sky. After receiving an anonymous tip, the Steve Irwin locates the Nisshin Maru. The Nisshin in an attempt to lose the Sea Shepherds sails directly into an ice field, forcing them to go around. After several hours, they lost the sight of the Nisshin Maru. Running low on fuel, the Steve Irwin is forced to return to port.
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Episode 9: Battle stations
With its engines repaired, the Gojira returns to action. The Bob Barker again attempts to lose its tail. After a successful prop-fouling attempt, the Yushin Maru 3 is stopped but sends out a distress signal, forcing the Sea Shepards to halt its escape. The Yushin again chases the Bob Barker, but yet another successful prop-fouling allows the Bob Barker to move beyond the whaler's radar range. Afterwards, the Sea Shepard fleet continues to search for the Japanese factory ship and, after several days of search, the Gojira finally spots the Nisshin Maru.
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Episode 10: The giant enemy
The Gojira engages the Nisshin Maru, hoping to slow them down so that the Bob Barker can catch up. The Nisshin tries to escape by heading straight toward an ice field. Just before they manage to escape, the Bob Barker finally arrives to take the lead in following the whaling fleet. The Sea Shepherds are surprised to see the Yushin Maru 3 arriving to the area as well. The Steve Irwin leaves port after refueling and is set to rendezvous with the rest of the Sea Shepherds.
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Episode 11, Season 4 Special: The battle unfolds
An exciting crash course on the Sea Shepherds’ last four Antarctic campaigns, that chronicles the explosive battles that have led up to the season finale of Whale Wars and highlights the most unbelievable moments on the Antarctic seas.
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Episode 12: Delivering the final blow
The Nisshin Maru, continues to sail east away from their designated whaling ground, hoping to run the Bob Barker out of fuel. The Steve Irwin and the Goijra race to rejoin the action but will not get there in time. Recognizing that the whalers are circumnavigating around Antarctica through Chilean water, the Sea Shepherds contact Chile authorities, who promise to seize the Nisshin Maru if the ship enters their water. The whaling fleet is forced to U-turn and heads back toward the whaling ground. The Sea Shepherds later receive unofficial words that Japan has suspended whaling, but the Nisshin Maru's course suggests otherwise. After the Bob Barker tails the ship for several days, Japan officially abandons the season’s whaling campaign as the Nisshin Maru heads north back toward Japan.
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Episode 13, Special: War stories
No description. Journalist Lisa Ling sits down with Captain Paul Watson and five of your favorite Sea Shepherds to dig deeper into the historic campaign that led to Japan's whaling fleet quitting their season early.
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Episode 14, special: Before whale wars
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