18 January 2006

Barbara - Deckhand

I very well recall the moment that years later brought me to Greenpeace. I must have been about 8 or 10 years old. My mum and I were listening to the news on the radio and there was this piece about Greenpeace trying to stop the whalers. Now, about 20 years later, after 12 years with this organisation, I m on my way to the Southern Ocean. Obviously I feel very happy to be on this trip - especially this year, that the Japanese are not only hunting in the Antarctic Whale Sanctuary but strongly move towards commercial whaling again. Then there is the Southern Ocean itself - to me, that I love the sea, this ocean more and more feels like the most special one I possibly could sail on - to see her wildness, her vastness, her overwhelming beauty is an incredible gift of life. As always when sailing with Greenpeace brings me to one of those really special places on this planet, I feel very honoured I have the chance to see them - not as a tourist but someone whose presence hopefully will bring them good - so I keep my fingers crossed that we down here not only literally have the world behind us but politically as well - and that it will be possible to achieve some endangered species to be left alone.

   

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Posted by: Dieter at January 23, 2006 10:35 AM

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