20 February 2006

Ocean Defenders visit part 2

by Mike, onboard the Esperanza

With the interior of the accommodation starting to shine from a weeks worth of elbow-grease, Eddie and his deck team tackled the decks and superstructure of the ship, blasting it with copious amounts of fresh water - the salt of the Southern Ocean was washed away. The Esperanza feels lighter and glistens in the sun, a breath of fresh air has swept through and she is nearly ready to go back out to sea again.

Two groups of twenty Ocean Defenders from Cape Town paid the ship a visit in the afternoon. Andrew, the web editor and last remaining from the Southern Ocean, joined me in taking everyone on a tour of the ship. We watched the crew video from the first leg of the Defending Our Oceans campaign, in the mess room which is sparkly clean. Andrew talked of what he had seen; of how the hunters had drowned a minke that would not die - they harpooned the whale and then hung it by it's tail, head down in the water.

Last year I became a cyber-activist; having upgraded the family computer to receive high speed internet, through a twisted copper cable. My work station was open and online in November when the opportunity arose to become an Ocean Defender. "Have any of you looked through the web camera online?" I asked; on reaching the bridge. There was a general nod of acknowledgement - I pointed out the webcam behind the bridge window; that was focused on a dock-side crane. "Here with a twist of the hand we can change a cyber-world view," I turned it to face Table Mountain.

Thanks to one visitor for the Melk Tert, dit was lekker and al die matroos aan boord het dit geniet.

   

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