Apart from my experience of being on board and seeing amazing places and beautiful sunsets, I think it's more about what this ship does, what it stands for that is quite remarkable. I'm sure you have seen the many things we've achieved with it since the ship was launched in 2002. One of those great achievements is the Southern Ocean Whaling campaign. More recently is was the pirate fishing in West Africa. Thanks to Elaine, our fantastic web Guru, we have a nice picture animation of some of the shocking things that have happened out there. I encourage you to have a look. It's very nicely presented by Pierre Gleizes who was onboard the Esperanza at the time.

With this and many other great things achieved... It's really only just the beginning. There's a lot more to be achieved out of her yet.

Also, I have received some emails and blog postings about the current issues in Lebanon in relation to the oil spill along their coast line. For more information on Greenpeace's response to this and also on Peace, please see:

Oil slick and environmental consequences of conflict in the Middle East
and
Peace In The Middle East