00:14First of all, they tried to cut our nets while we were in fishing operation and that would mean
00:19that the nets would go loose and trap animals and seals and potentially whales as well, which is
00:25strict regulation for in Antarctica. So that was one risk. But the biggest risk was, of course,
00:30that they rammed us in the back where we have our diesel tanks. And even if you can see on
00:35the video
00:35that it was not going super fast in, these are very, very big vessels in oceans where you can get
00:43high wind gusts coming and high waves. So even slow speed can cause a lot of damage.
01:01I would deem this a terrorist attack. I mean, it is to cause harm. It is to cause fear. It's
01:11based on
01:12ideological or political views. And it's not the way the Antarctic Treaty was intended to be managed,
01:22you know, when we have disputes and things that we want to discuss.
01:37Our vessel, the Bandero, nudged the stern end of the Antarctic Sea. Didn't damage it. There was no
01:45structural damage. Didn't even dent the hull. What it did do was scrape a little paint off. And that was
01:50it. And so it was basically like, hey, I'm trying to get your attention to tell you to get out
01:55of here
01:56and stop your ecologically destructive operations. They really overblown it. But that, of course,
02:01is what we expect them to do. They want to be the victim.
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