Deported Canadian activist calls anti-whaling mission a success despite ship capture

A Saskatchewan activist, Shannon Mann, is readjusting to life on land after her deportation from Iceland following an anti-whaling protest. Mann spent nearly a week on the protest vessel, Bandero, before her capture by Icelandic authorities on July 30. Despite the stress of her detention, Mann feels content recalling her time on the ship.

The Icelandic Coast Guard boarded the vessel after the crew of the whaling ship Hvalur 9 requested assistance, claiming their safety was threatened. The crew members were detained when the Bandero ignored coast guard instructions to leave Icelandic waters and disobeyed an order to stop its engines. The crew, which includes Mann and Canadian anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson, faces a ban on returning to Iceland and many European countries.

Both Mann and Watson claim their mission was a success, as it brought international attention to Iceland's illegal whaling operations.