Sea Shepherd's founder, Paul Watson, called on the Australian navy to protect the group's remaining ships, the Steve Irwin and a converted harpoon vessel, the Bob Barker.

“海洋守护者”的创始人保罗·沃森（Paul Watson）呼吁澳大利亚海军保护该组织的其他两艘船舰：“史蒂夫欧文号”（Steve Irwin）和一艘改装的鱼叉船“鲍勃巴克号”（Bob Barker）。

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As the Steve Irwin approached the equator last week, word that Japan would be sending a strengthened whaling fleet to Antarctica next month reached the bridge of the old Aberdeen-built customs vessel.

海洋守护者协会的“史蒂夫-欧文”号由英国阿伯丁制造，过去是海关缉私船。 上星期它在赤道附近，收到消息说下个月日本将派遣一个加强的捕鲸舰队到南极。

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In addition, the Steve Irwin has iron spikes to prevent the Japanese from boarding, and Watson's crew has a store of vile-smelling butyric acid stink bombs to fling aboard any vessel that comes close.

此外，史蒂夫-欧文配备有铁钉以防日本人强行登船，还有气味极坏的丁酸臭气弹可以投掷到任何靠近的船只。

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The TV personality Steve Irwin, who was nicknamed The Crocodile Hunter, but died in 2006, took part in the study.

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But the last word on Steve Irwin seemed to belong to Africa's greatest crocodile-hunter, Khalid Hassen, bagger of 17, 000 crocs the easy way, with a rifle, who said it simply didn't seem right that a fish should have killed him.

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Among the speakers were US actors Hayek and Matthew McConaughey, award-winning scientist and environmentalist Dr David Suzuki, Canadian astronaut Julie Payette and Bindi Irwin, the young daughter of the late Australian wildlife expert, Steve Irwin.

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