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Role onboard?
Not just a pretty hat rack but a photo girl as well.

How did you come to work for Greenpeace?
My mum signed me up for what she thought was a beauty pagent. I was going to go as a princess and here I am.

Why are you here?
I want to play my part in helping to protect Wales as they also belong to Great Britain.

What do you love about working on Greenpeace ships?
There's an excellent selection of fine teas onboard, and I really enjoy my tea in the morning as I always do back home in Great Britain.

What do I not like about working on the Greenpeace ships?
The scones we get here onboard don't taste the same as they do in my homeland Great Britain.

What are you most looking forward to on this tour?
The Queens birthday and I have saved a can of spam from Great Britain especially for Christmas.


[Editors note:  There is a suspicion that someone else has actually written this crew profile without Kate's knowledge or approval.]

There is a growing debate on the issue of Polar Bears being endangered. I love Polar Bears and I am all for saving the environment. However, many politicians say the Greenpeace Group, along with other environmentalists, are playing dirty politics to try and force the enacting of legislation that has already been soundly rejected by the President and his administration.
Many politicians feel the real reason this may be being done is an attempt by these so called Green groups, to get the Bush administration to sign up with the Kyoto protocol. Many politiians are trying to raise the qustion, "Are these conservation groups just utilizing the Polar bear as a means to an end or is there a real danger here?"
Raymond B
www.voteswagon.com
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Reply from the Esperanza
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Polar bears are uniquely evolved to survive in an Arctic environment - sea ice is an important and vital part of their habitat, it is unlikely they could survive as a species without it. Satellite imagery has shown a decrease in Arctic sea ice, which is widely attributed to climate change.

In fact, the overwhelming global scientific consensus (as expressed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, etc.) is that the Arctic is heating up much faster than the rest of the planet, and its melting will continue (and even accelerate) unless we rapidly switch to more climate friendly energy sources (wind, solar, etc.). There is no real scientific debate on any of this - strong agreement has already been reached among climate scientists on all the basics.

Meanwhile, the Bush administration has been a disaster on climate and energy issues. The US is one of very few industrialized countries in the world yet to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, and at the same time the worst climate polluter per capita. The Bush folks have favored their friends in the fossil fuel industries (coal/oil/etc.) at the expense of US tax payers, renewable energy, the polar bear and the rest of the planet.

I trust and hope Greenpeace USA will continue to oppose the Bush crowd on energy issues because I happen to think most Americans agree with me that we are clever and inventive enough to solve the climate change problem.

For more information check out the Greenpeace climate/energy pages. I was also on board the Arctic Sunrise earlier this year while we assisted US scientists studying climate change impacts in Greenland. Our weblog from that expedition can be found here.

-- Andrew (web editor on board the Esperanza)

i've heard young Kate's quite a good singer, keeping the crew of the RIBs entertained for hours with her melodious crooning.

hope you're coping without the gannets, and are getting enough hot chocolate to keep you going, my dear...

x

Hoi Kate,
Get the cook to check out the scones recipy in the Edmonds (NZ) cookbook, which IS o/b (I know, as I put it there). Failing that, i promise i'll make you some the next time we sail together again.

Love & hugs,
Rien
peace
PS. keep those pixs coming, they're great (sometimes sad, sometimes funny) & inspirational!

Happy New Year you crazy camera chick.

Where's your beanie? Your la-la hippy hat? It's COLD down there you know! Stay safe, stay warm and hug a whale for me. See you somewhere in 2006.

love Catfish

Well cousin, how goes it? A very happy new- im sorry not to have talked to you for a while now but when you are back must meet up. How goes life and whats this i hear about tea? Either your being sarky, or some toerag (what-what) has written your commentary for you! Hope all is well, drop me an email when you get the chance, and maybe a cup o hot choc i could do with that right now. Gem xxx

without you and your camera how would we see
what is happening
Your photos spur us in to action
We know you are all heros risking your lives for our planet
every life you save is a victory
the world watches through you
keep safe
Liz