Last night I was relieved from my watch by Gabor (Garbo), the Garbologist and it was so lovely to have a full night's sleep. But since most of the crew are needed for their work in the daytime I've been asked to stick with it, although Mike assures me I am not expected to (but can you imagine the guilt trip if I said no?). It's not so bad. I've been really tired but there is one major perk to this job. Nightwatchers are excused from cleaning duties in the morning! We are supposed to be sleeping then. However, I've tried going to bed at all hours of the day only to find myself lying awake listening to the hustle and bustle of the ship, wondering what's going on. How can I be expected to sleep when things are happening on a Greenpeace ship? It's like being invited to the coolest party in the world as a teenager but your Mum telling you, you need to be home way before the party is over.

Lately I've found myself sitting in the campaign office and having these moments where I stop whatever I'm doing, look up at Bunny, Iris and Mariajo (the campaigners) who are sitting around me at the table, and pause to let a recurring thought roll around my head. I'm here with my computer, just as I would be at home... sitting down, writing about environmental destruction on the Greenpeace cybercenter but now I'm writing about it on a Greenpeace ship! It's very odd, like somehow I've been sucked in through my computer screen and come out the other side of www.greenpeace.org. Being a cyberactivist is what got me here on the ship but when I registered ,I never thought for a second that I'd land up here writing to you now, 1000 meters above the sea floor.

Last night we found the Petur Jonsson, an Icelandic shrimper which wouldn't allow us on board last time we were in this area. Iceland has chosen to ignore NAFO regulations, which is perfectly legal but we don't think it should be! This morning we have an early start since we're going back to visit that trawler again to...! I'll be staying on the Espy today, feeding you the latest updates as fast as possible. It's rough out there with the winds gusting up to 29 knots but there's no fog and only a little cloud in the sky.

--Lisa.

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