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Greenpeace captain : my adventures in protecting the future of our planet / Peter Willcox with Ronald B. Weiss

Catalog Data

Author:
Willcox, Peter  Search this
Weiss, Ronald B.  Search this
Subject:
Willcox, Peter  Search this
Greenpeace International  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 323 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 25 cm
Type:
Biography
History
Place:
United States
Date:
2016
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
"It's Over" (New Zealand, 1985) -- "Winning the Wrong Lottery" -- Dawn Raid in Peru -- (Patia, Peru, 1982) -- The Soviet Whaling "Film Festival" (Lorino, Soviet Union, 1983) -- The Evacuation of Rongelap (Marshall Islands, 1985) -- Something Is Toxic in Denmark (Mururoa, French Polynesia/North Sea, 1987) -- "Captain Hook" vs. The Destroyer (Alborg, Denmarkrk, 1988) -- Starting a Nuclear Chain Reaction (Sea of Japan, 1993) -- "The Caterpillar in the Turkish Coal Chute" (Izmir, Turkey, 1995) -- Return to Sender (Manila, Philippines, 2000) -- When Push Comes to Shove, (Södertälje, Sweden, 2000) -- Al-Qaeda, Guns, and Diamonds (Mediterranean/Netherlands, 2002) -- Icebreaking Up the Amazon (Brazil, 2009) -- Glacially Fast Climage Change (Greenland, 2009) -- David vs. The Gazprom Goliath (Pechora Sea, Western Russia, 2013) -- "Don't Trust. Don't Fear. Don't Beg." (Murmansk, Russia, 2013) -- One Happy Hooligan (Murmask, Russia, 2013) -- Igor Kills Me Twice (St. Petersburg, Russia, 2013) -- Twelve Nobel Prize Winners, a Beatle and the Pope Can't All Be Wrong
Summary:
"A Man. A Mission. GREENPEACE CAPTAIN PETER WILLCOX has been a Captain for Greenpeace for over 30 years. He would never call himself a hero, but he is recognized on every ocean and continent for devoting his entire life to saving the planet. He has led the most compelling and dangerous Greenpeace actions to bring international attention to the destruction of our environment. From the globally televised imprisonment of his crew, the "Arctic 30," by Russian Commandos to international conspiracies involving diamond smuggling, gun-trading and Al-Qaeda, Willcox has braved the unimaginable and triumphed. This is his story--which begins when he was a young man sailing with Pete Seeger and continues right up to his becoming the iconic environmentalist he is today. His daring adventures and courageous determination will inspire readers everywhere"-- Provided by publisher.
Topic:
Environmentalists  Search this
Ship captains  Search this
Green movement--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1062505