Here a few translations from the letters:

For the Esperanza: I wish you much luck, much sun, much success, a lot of fun and calm nights!

Esperanza: I wish you a lot of fun and that you save the sea and that you won’t get seasick! It’s great that you are protecting the underwater creatures and that you convince the Norwegians that they won’t start drilling oil. I find that there is too few great big underwater creatures left and it is great that you are protecting them.

We want no whaling, no polluting of the seas and no oil platforms. Good luck to you all: Your Green Team “Green Trousers”.

Dear Esperanza, I wish you much luck in saving the seas. I hope that whales and other animals in the sea would not be killed anymore and that they can live in clean water.

We also received many beautiful warm drawings of palm trees and tropical islands, which is nice as it is chilly 4 degrees today here at sea!

Thanks a million for all of you who wrote to us, you really made our day. We are laminating the letters and will hang them in our cabins to cheer us up when the going gets tough! Captain Pete has promised to write back to you and also to include a nice drawing just like you did!

Well “fishes” from Sari and the team on Esperanza