Kendall, no doubt there seems to be bad blood between the coast guard and Greenpeace. Recently a small sealing vessel under tow from an icebreaker flipped over and sank taking the lives of four sealers, leaving the coast guard probably not blameless. Greenpeace was quick to seize on the situation showing total disrespect for the lost men. Now Greenpeace seems as interested in taking on the coast guard as the sealers. Yes, there are traffic rules that were no doubt ignored, but when two ships want to occupy the same space and only one should be there in the first place, tempers no doubt flair. I am not saying it is right; just the opposite, but they have a job to do and Greenpeace's only reason being there was to harass them.
That being said I admire the Coast Guard crews because they are willing to lay their lives on the line to rescue others under horrendous conditions. I have also admired Greenpeace for their anti whaling campaigns for I believed that cause justified.
Seal hunters are no longer allowed to take whitecoats