Sea Shepherd captains Peter Hammerstadt and Sid Chakravarty follow the Thunder for 16,000 km through Antarctic icebergs and the unforgiving Southern Ocean. Sea Shepherd crews stalked the fugitive fishing boat for over three months, pulling their illegal nets from the water and confronting them as they ran from the Indian Ocean to the East African waters to the South Atlantic until their dramatic chase came to an improbable ending.

Currently screening on DISCOVERY+ and waterbear.com, CHASING THE THUNDER has its origins in OCEAN WARRIORS, a 6-hour series that won Best Series Award at Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival. CHASING THE THUNDER won the “Impact Award” at EarthXFilm Texas, the “Environmental Advocacy Award” at Ekotopfilm, the “Best Documentary” award at the Rivera Film Festival and the Jury Prize at the Orlando Film Festival. It was also honored as a finalist in the UN World Wildlife Day event, screened in 200 cities around the world on the International Ocean Film Tour, screened at 35 International and US Film Festivals winning numerous Audience Awards, it had 20 Special Influencer global screenings at venues including INTERPOL, WTO, UNITED NATIONS, CITIES, WWF, and the IUU Global Illegal Fishing meeting in Bangkok, the Vienna Fish Crime Symposium and a theatrical premiere in Beijing. The film is now streaming internationally.

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