The activists intend to stay on board and continue their peaceful protest until the ship arrives in Finland. Here's an sms update from Lauri, one of the activists on board the Happy Ranger:

"As I'm writing this more than thee hours after our boarding, things have calmed down. We had most of the crew, about 15 people, around us in the beginning. We explained that we are here to protest against a dangerous and costly French nuclear experiment, not their ship or company. One crew member was quite upset about us being onboard and cut a few banners in half with a knife, while others took pictures with their cellphones and chatted with us. We went to meet the captain on the bridge and agreed with him that we would stay in one place on the deck and stay visible for his peace of mind, as well as not point our headlamps towards the bridge during dark hours. Then we had one crew at a time keep us company for some time, now we are the only people on deck. We are eating and agreeing watches for the night before we go to sleep. The temperature of the seawater is still 8 degrees celsius, so we are counting on the sea to keep us warm. And we certainly hope our action can help in putting an end to this nuclear madness and make this the last shipment of the kind."

Lauri is also delivering images to us from on board the ship. You can see them here on Flickr. Lauri will continue posting new images until the ship reaches its destination. Stay tuned!

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