The Japanese fleet sails to the Southern Ocean in the autumn each year, returning the following Spring.

日本的捕鲸船队每年于秋天开往南冰洋，第二年春天返回日本。

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Activists have promised to harass the Japanese fleet and disrupt its plan to kill nearly one thousand minke and fin whales.

该组织的活动人士曾誓言要给日本的船队找麻烦，不让他们捕杀将近一千只长须和小须鲸的计划成功。

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The transfer defuses a tense situation on the Antarctic seas, but activists say they will continue to harass the Japanese fleet.

这一行动缓解了南极地区的紧张局面，但是活动人士说，他们将继续骚扰日本捕鲸船队。

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This year's hunt in the Southern Ocean has been punctuated by violent clashes between the Japanese fleet and radical conservationists.

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A spokesman for the Japanese whaling fleet earlier accused the Sea Shepherd group of using the Ady Gil to attack its vessels.

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The party has also made mild anti-American noises about military bases and the Japanese fleet.

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Other than pre-empting the arrival of the Japanese fleet, Sea Shepherd believes three strategies have proved particularly effective.

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Ramming is his signature tactic, and it is what he and his crew intended to do to the Japanese fleet, if they could find it.

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