I really can't comment too much because I don't know enough (anyone got any good links??). From what I've gathered, a Japanese research-turned-whaler ship, is hunting for humpbacks in Antarctic water, which are International, and according to the current international law, they are in the right, but according to Australian law, the Japanese aren't. Think I got most of that correct?
My thing is why in the world are the Japanese that far south? I have heard the 'Japanese tradition of whaling' tossed around before, but watching the ship they have, there's nothing traditional about it.
For the show itself, I do like they that they seem somewhat unbias. They did mention that most legal experts say everything the Japanese are doing is legal. Not being too much of a "Pro-Whaling' guy myself
, would love to see these laws changed. But the show just seems a bit too 'polished.' Maybe it's because the entire show has HD cameras, even when the two guys board the Japanese ship, they had a HD camera on the little Zodiac.