First days of pursuit

With the monitor turned on, the Barker finally spotted its target. The game was on! After waiting hours upon hours for a blip on the radar, a red dot appears and the crew spotted the slow-moving vehicle on its path. It was moving only at 6 knots and was headed to the floating icebergs. As soon as they were 400 feet away from the Thunder, Hammarstedt radioed the officers. He spoke with the help of a Spanish translator, as most of the Thunder’s officers were either Spaniards or Chileans. He gave them a dire warning and told them that fishing was banned in those waters. But did they listen?

Ignoring the warnings

Captain Hammarstedt had urged the Thunder to stop. They simply responded with a resilient no. They reiterated that the captain had no authority over them and that he couldn’t arrest the vessel. The Thunder stubbornly continued on its lethal path despite the warnings and even said that the Barker could send its current location to the Interpol and to the authorities so long as nobody boarded the ship to make arrests. This kind of audacity was proof that they had no qualms in breaking several laws for cold hard cash.