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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

Hola Loco!, como andas?, espero bien, oye te queda bien el gorro, pero te quedaria mejor uno del chavo del 8, espero no sea muy frio en el cuarto de maquinas, aca en mexico hace algo de frio pero todavia no vemos pingüinos y mucho menos balleneros,bueno espero todo bien por casa, un saludo y ceba un mate a la salud de las ballenas!

Hola Miguelito !...y dale, y que venías al Espy, y que encontrábamos a los balleneros, y que los demorábamos y que... zas !...zas !... zas!

Pipipipipipipi...es que hace mucho frío por aquí, y extraño mi barril, y está lleno de hielo pero que no son raspadas ni limonadas de limón ni de tamarindo ni de ná.

Bueno Miguelito, hablando en serio, todo bien por acá y por allá, con un paisaje hermoso de témpanos, pingüinos y focas y no tanto frío HOY. Ayer estaba insoportable con viento, por supus en cubierta.

Espero que te hayas habituado a tu vida terrestre después de tanto tiempo flotando, te mando un abrazo y espero que nos veamos pronto por aquí.

Hello Freddy. Still singin and playin? I hope so. Good luck with the trip.
Holly (cook2 from the espy last year) x

Que onda Che? Que hombre tan neto, apenas vi un tatuaje que haciste. Quiero hacer una reservacion en tu agenda para un tatuaje. Espero que no este tan frio para ti alla. Tal vez ganaras la campaña y puedes hacer un tatuaje a una ballena, espero que si hermano. Quidate alla. Saludos de Raoul y Remon, estamos en Ciudad de Mexico que esta casi tan loca como tu. Vas a hacer una fiesta con syrop de banana. saludos, Matt