A Plan to Stop Pursuit Backfires, Leaving the Crew Adrift on 'Whale Wars' (VIDEO)

The campaign against Japanese whaling ships continued on 'Whale Wars' (Fri., 9PM ET on Animal Planet), but took a dangerous turn when the crew of the Bob Barker attempts to disable a pursuing harpoon boat. The plan was to get a rope caught in the Japanese boat's propellers, thus allowing the Bob Barker to get clear.

This plan didn't work out so well, though, as the rope not only gets nice and caught in the propeller, but remains attached to their boat. After many frantic attempts to cut the line, they finally managed to free themselves, but not before doing enough damage to their ship to disable it.

So after all that excitement, it became a waiting game as the crew tried to stave of hypothermia while awaiting rescue. No one was injured and the boat wasn't seriously damanged, though, so it certainly could have been much worse.