A year or so at sea

In November 2005, Greenpeace launched it's most ambitious ship expedition ever. The Defending our Oceans expedition is still going, having confronted the whaling fleet in Antarctica, chased priate fishing vessels off West Africa and in the Pacific, undertaken deep sea research in the Azores, explored the trash vortex of the coast of Hawaii, and much more.

I was lucky enough to be on the first leg of that expedition to the Southern Ocean. Tomorrow, my friends and colleagues will set sail again on the last leg of the journey, returning to the Southern Ocean once again to confront the whalers. Part of me is desperately frustrated not to be going with them, and another part of me is grateful not to have to witness the terrible killing of the whales again.

So, to mark the occasion, I thought I would post this video. It was put together by our video team, and is a snapshot of our year at sea. It also marks a little technological breakthrough for me, because today my friend Missy M managed to stop laughing at me long enough to explain how to put a video in the blog. She is a web wizard, but fortunately she can also break it down for those if us less educated in the wonders of the www...




Shane