The world's beaches are in trouble!

Shipbreaking takes place in poor countries, where once pretty beaches in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Turkey are turned into ship graveyards. However, old ships contain hazardous substances such as asbestos, lead paint and PCBs, which are released into the environment. The Rainbow Warrior is in India to visit the shipbreaking yards. Evedien from the Netherlands is on board....
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December 05, 2003

Last sunset at sea

last sunset at sea.jpgToday should be the day to get into harbour. But the last week we've said that every day to each other. All day long we were waiting for the call to come. We kept on working. At night we enjoyed the sunset, it was beautiful. Around ten o'clock at night we got a call that we should prepare for departure! We couldn't believe it.

Everybody jumped up. It seemed that our agent wasn't pushing our situation very strongly with the customs authorities. Now Shai and Vinod, our special agents, arranged our clearance themselves! They talked directly to customs and it was no problem for us to get in. Around eleven we sailed to Bombay. It would take us 3,5 hours to get there. Because we would go at anchor and not directly on land, most of the people went to bed. Tomorrow will be a busy day!

Posted by at December 5, 2003 03:19 PM
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I am excited to finally visit Greenpeace's website and find out all the interesting, and direly important, work that's being done worldwide. I have been a monthly donor for over a year. But, now I see the intense legal situation Greenpeace is facing at the hands of the US Dept. of Homeland Security in Miami, and I am committing $5000.00US to help with the legal bill. I am impressed and inspired by the work you all are doing on the Rainbow Warrior and all of the other activities on and off the shore. Keep up the good work. You are all welcome to stay in touch with me and you have a free birth in the port of Baltimore, MD, any time you get here.
Your no longer secret admirer,
Patrick

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