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20 May 2006

Frank - Captain

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Frank - Captain
From: the Netherlands
Hi - my name is Frank and I am the new Captain of the ship. Not that it is my first trip on the Esperanza, but it always exciting to get back to her, especially when the ship is doing a year long ocean campaign, which is my favorite issue to work on.

I am from the Netherlands and first went to sea as a ship's boy when I was 17 years old to see what it was like - I've been sailing ever since. I came to Greenpeace having had direct experience of the oil industry - towing oil rigs from Borneo to the Nigerian river delta and bringing flareblooms to oil rigs in the North Sea. I've now worked on numerous Greenpeace campaigns around the world; from climate campaign work in the Arctic Ocean, to surveying the Persian Gulf after the "oil war" in Kuwait, and anti-whaling work in the Southern Oceans.

   

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Hi Frank - tell us the truth with that pigeon who visited the Espy yesterday: did you really get from that beast the crucial info re. the location of the purse-seiners ?

Posted by: francois at June 1, 2006 2:52 PM

Good day sir ,
I have been contributing to greeneace for a couple of years now,and have been wanting to find out more about what you'll are up to. Today is the first day i have actually gotten down to it since i have been home.By the way, i am also a sea farer by profession and have worked on tankers most of my professional life and am glad to see that you'll are out there protecting our bread and butter.
Good luck.
Bon Voyage.
Let me know if i can help in any way .
Capt .Abhay Kumar

Posted by: CaptAbhay Kumar at July 25, 2006 12:16 PM

Hey Frank,

Leuk je weer eens te zien (op een foto), inmiddels met een leesbrilletje? Alles goed verders. Moeten maar weer eens een biertje drinken als je weer thuis bent.
Ik vaar momenteel als Comms bij de Holland America Line (na vijf en half jaar foto-editor bij het Noordhollands Dagblad), daarvoor in Chili gewoond en gewerkt. Affijn: veel te verhalen.
Ik heb inmiddels al weer bij Marine Services geinformeerd om werl, maar die zijn inmiddels al voorzien..
Het gaat je goed en succes met het goede werk!

Groeten
René Papavoine

Posted by: René Papavoine at November 16, 2006 10:36 PM

gooday sir
i myself am a seafarer by profession in the oil industry,
great to know that u guys are out there creating an awareness to protect our oceans and its life
all the best
calm seas and fairwinds to all
godspeed

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