1)“Open ship” in Malmo, officially started our tour.

2)Defending our proposed Marine Reserves and monitoring the Baltic Sea for pirate fishers of cod.

3)Seizing illegal gill-nets in an area of the Baltic closed to cod fishing.

4)“Open ship” in Gdynia, officially started the Oceans campaign in Poland.

5)Returning the illegal gillnets directly to the fisherman in Kolobrzeg.

6)Back to the Bornholm Deep continuing defending our proposed Marine Reserves.

7)Reacting to an unexpected emergency response to the case of Probo Koala, the “death ship”.

8)Generating unprecedented world-wide interest as a result of our actions and blockade of the Probo Koala.

9)Our efforts lead to the detainment and criminal investigation of the Probo Koala.

10)We were honoured by a special, and exclusive, visit of Stavros Dimas, The European Union Environmental Commissioner and Estonian Minister of the Environment. Mr Dimas stated that Greenpeace is helping enforce the European law.

11)“Trawler girls” spotted in port during our transit to Kaliningrad, Russia.

12)Our efforts in political lobbying of the Russian government lead to the detainment and inspection of the five “trawler girls”, in record time. Russian authorities will detain the ships and crew until a decision is made. We hope for a permanent expulsion from port, and improvement in enforcing the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission regulations, to which Russian Federation is a signatory.

I am extremely grateful I had the opportunity to be part of this adventure. The fight for our oceans, and effect we have on people and the way they regard nature is inspiring. My Arctic Sunrise experience, and experience with Greenpeace in general, truly changed my view and philosophy of fighting for change. I realized change is always possible, as long as there is action, and as long as there is passion and belief in what one is fighting for. Nothing is impossible. Some things are hard. But never impossible. I believe in what Daisaku Ikeda said “A great revolution in just one individual will help to change the destiny of all humankind.”

I will miss all the beautiful people I met onboard this ship. Their dedication, and most of all, their inspiration, strength, perseverance, and belief in our actions and Greenpeace will be what I hold onto the most in the coming days, months, and years.

I would like to thank you, the readers of these blogs. Lets continue saving our oceans, never giving up on making a difference, no matter how small.

This may be the end of our Oceans campaign, but the journey continues with a Toxics Tour. Sadly, I am disembarking in Copenhagen, but please follow the Arctic Sunrise as her adventure continues.

Until next time, I hope!