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Why are you on this expedition?
Because I work on this ship, and this is the campaign it's assigned to.

What are you looking forward to most in this campaign?
To make a difference to the attitudes of the 'faceless ones' and Governments behind the senseless wholesale plunder of our oceans.

How/why did you get involved with Greenpeace?
I first worked on Greenpeace in the 1985 on the Antarctic Campaign, although at the time my real interest was in stopping the atomic testing at Moruroa. I have drifted in and out sporadically ever since.

What personal connection do you have to the ocean (if any?)
I am a seaman. The sea is my home. It's the place I inhabit for more than half a year each year - I don't wish my home to become a desert from exploitation and greed.

What made you become a marine engineer?
I couldn't get a deck cadetship at the time, and so I took on engineering at sea instead - no regrets.

Anything else you'd like to say?
I have six grandchildren. I had always hoped to leave them a world as close to the one I inherited. It seems to me now that this isn't possible, but I will never give up trying, for better or for worse.

- Nolan