Whale is loaded to the Japanese whaling vessel Nisshin Maru in Mackenzie Bay, Antarctica

A whale is loaded to the Japanese whaling vessel Nisshin Maru in Mackenzie Bay, Antarctica, in this picture provided by Sea Shepherd and taken February 15, 2013. Anti-whaling activists of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Group unsuccessfully tried to intervene in the transfer of the whale from a Japanese whaling vessel to another for more than nine hours, according to Sea Shepherd Conservation Group. Picture taken February 15. REUTERS/Glenn Lockitch/Sea Shepherd Australia/Handout (ANTARCTICA – Tags: ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT MARITIME POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) ATTENTION EDITORS – THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS