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I came to the Greenpeace ships on March 19th 200,2 to the Arctic Sunrise when she was moored in Melbourne, Australia. Before that I worked for years for a nasty oil tanker company. The tanker I was due to join was delayed and while waiting I met, by coincidence, a schoolmate I hadn't seen for years who was sailing with Greenpeace. To keep it short, when the tanker company called to tell me the oil tanker had arrived I told them I wouldn't embark because I was joining a Greenpeace ship. They didn't like it.

Living on a GP ship is like living in a floating Babel Tower where you see people from all around the globe working as a team, but at the same time keeping their own culture or whatever predominant culture they have left at home. Listening to three or four different languages at the same time in the messroom is quite a common thing, together with long discussions on the etymology of local bad words and their literal meaning in English: Did you know that when an Argentinian drops badly a hammer on her/his finger they will yell "parrot's pussy!" instead of a sh** or a fu**?... and I really don´t want to go into the etymology on this (well, not now).

Last year I was onboard my beloved Arctic Sunrise when she was down in the Whale Sanctuary chasing whalers together with the Esperanza. This year the experience promises to be less shaky, as I'm onboard the last one, hoping we find these supposed researchers and show their illegitimate activities to the majority of the people of the world.

- Freddy

Freddy, ingeniero martlaplatense, te tenemos en Esperanza, gracias no de taxista.. Un saludo my argentina y cultural

Hei, Freddy!!!!! lembra de mim, estava com você em 2003 quando trouxemos o lixo da Dow para Holanda?? Revejo minhas fotos e voce esta la sorrindo em todas. Te estranho mucho!

Hola Laura, no de taxista nunca...hasta ahora.

Gracias por tu saludo y perdón por la tardanza pero no había leído esto. Un saludo mío para vos a la distancia

Oi Baleia, ja escrevé para vc a seu email, como nao vo lembrar de vc ?

Mi portuñol es un desastre, te mando un abrazo grande amigo Baleia querido !...fica en contato, sim ?

Freddy,espero que las revistas y la yerba que te dejamos en Auckland te ayuden a que el largo viaje sea mas llevadero,te confieso que cuando el Esperanza se alejaba del muelle un lagrimón se nos cayó.
Un abrazo a la distancia y exito en la campaña.
Saludos
Aldo
PD. No se si tienen restricciones en la capacidad del email que pueden recibir,pero si me pasas una direccion te paso las fotos que sacamos en el muelle

Hola Aldo !...si, ya le estamos dando a la Nobleza Gaucha Naranja a full !!...

Fue también emocionante verlos a todos en el muelle despidiéndonos, aunque yo haya estado a los tirones entre sala de máquinas, cuarto de control y cubierta.

Ahora debemos andar por la misma latitud que Río Gallegos y el tiempo nos viene tratando bien aunque se sabe que allá abajo la cosa va a ser a los golpes.

Gracias por todo y nos mantenemos en contacto, te mando después un mail por las fotos y sigan la expedición !!!

Grande esa Nobleza gaucha Naranja!!!
Aunque no estabamos en la partida con Aldo, desde Sydney con Mabel nos acordamos mucho de la visita a Green Peace.
Gracias por habernos dejado compartir "Esperanza" junto a nuestras familias!
Exitos en la misión!
Pato