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Hi, I am Mike, the electrician here on the Esperanza. I love to be at sea, I like being an electrician and having people around! In addition, in Greenpeace, you get to work towards making changes, and to make this planet a better place! It is a great job, you are working just like at home and travel from place to place at the same time. You can enjoy being in the middle of the sea and are part of the crew which is like a big family. But how did I come to a nice job like that? A friend of mine worked on Greenpeace ships and I always wanted to work for Greenpeace too. When I heard they were looking for an electrician on board the Esperanza I applied and joined the ship in Alaska. That was such a great experience that I am now here for my fifth trip...

This time I joined in Cape Town in the beginning of February. The Esperanza was just back from the Southern Oceans. After a big crew change, the whole crew worked hard to get her ready again to start the next part of the "Defending Our Oceans" tour. So we did... back at sea I hope we will be able to tie up to the big success from the last months! Since I work for Greenpeace, I became more and more aware how important it is to fight for the sea and its inhabitants. That is exactly what we are going for!

Are you an Ocean Defender already...?

Peace, Mike

Hallo Mike,
Alles good...?
just to correct you about your nickname "sparky"
- have in mind that this nickname was given not to Electricians but to R/O - long time ago...it game from those days when the Radio transmitters work with "sparks"...but this is another story...take care with these 7000 volts...? no it must be 7000 MΩ ...all the best take care ...always smooth seas ...give also my creating to Thom your R/O - the real "SPARKY" on board ESPERANZA, and I am looking forward to meet him really soon on the Crew Website...

73/88
Vangelis

Hey Vangelis, you are right about the name "Sparky", but i cant help it.... these days i am a Sparky too :-) Peace, Mike

Sparky or not, it's still u. Or at least the u i know, Mr Changing Bulbs All Around.

P.S. Basic Electricity Course? When?