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Ultimately, the voyage—beset by bad weather, interpersonal tensions and conflicts with US officials—was doomed. With a presence in more than 40 countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, Greenpeace is undoubtedly a dominant force in the realm of environmental activism.This is the story of

• Title : The Greenpeace to Amchitka: An Environmental Odyssey
• Author : Robert Hunter
• Rating : 4.91 (443 Vote)
• Publish : 2016-8-10
• Format : Paperback
• Pages : 240 Pages
• Asin : 1551521784
• Language : English

Ultimately, the voyage—beset by bad weather, interpersonal tensions and conflicts with US officials—was doomed. With a presence in more than 40 countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, Greenpeace is undoubtedly a dominant force in the realm of environmental activism.This is the story of how Greenpeace came to be.In September 1971, a small group of activists boarded a small fishing boat in Vancouver, Canada, and headed north towards Amchitka, a tiny island west of Alaska in the Aleutian Islands, where the US government was conducting underground nuclear tests.At that time, protests against nuclear testing were not common, yet the US tests raised genuine concerns: Amchitka is not only the last refuge for endangered wildlife, but is also located in a geologically unstable region, one of the most earthquake-prone areas in the world. The threat of a nuclear-triggered earthquake or tsunami was real.Among the people sardined in the fishing boat were Robert Hunter and Robert Keziere.The boat, named the Greenpeace by the small group of men aboard, raced against time as it crashed through the Gulf of Alaska, braving the oncoming winter storms. Greenpeace is known around the world for its activism and education surrounding environmental and biodiversity issues. Three weeks was all they had to reach Amchitka in an attempt to halt the nuclear test. And yet the legacy of that journey lives on.In this visceral memoir, based

the innocent bravery that it depicts is still inspiring. —The Globe & Mail (The Globe & Mail)The Greenpeace to Amchitkabrings alive the (mis)adventures and turmoil of an eccentric crew trying to make a difference. —Quill & Quire (Quill & Quire)The reader quickly develops a huge respect for the quality of Hunter's reportage, and for the raw guts of the folks who first set Greenpeace afloat —Vancouver Sun (Vancouver Sun) . —David Suzuki Foundation (David Suzuki Fnd.)Robert Hunter's The Greenpeace to Amchitka offers the gonzo goods. The story is essentially a Kerouac and Kesey-inspired riff on a '60's road trip, as interested in the antics of the Merry Pranksterish protagonists themselves as in the larger issues at hand. Hunter's Ho

He is a writer, broadcaster, and speaker on the issues of the environment and climate change. He won a Governor General?s Award for his 1991 book Occupied Canada. Robert Hunter, co-founder and first president of Greenpeace, was named one of the ten eco-heroes of the 20th century by Time magazine. He lives in Toronto. He lives in Vancouver.. Robert Keziere was the chief photographer at the Vancouver Art Gallery and for the past twenty years has run a freelance business specializing in the photography of art

We shared a sixpack of beer and talked about big-picture ecology, life, love - everything we really care about. The strategical use of media, the direct and confrontational tactics, the embracement of deep ecology, the mixure of tough internal tensions with a true comaraderie are some of the recurring themes of this legendary sail. Like Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle, the book provides a vivid description of a remote part of the world that few of us have or ever will see. The book also contains many photographs by Robert Keziere, who perfectly captures the bleak landscapes and stoic countenances of the participants.The voyage was unsuccessful in its initial goal of stopping the nuclear test. The Greenpeace To Amitchka is a first-person account by this journey by the late Bob Hunter.Hunter was well known to Torontonians as an environmentalist, newspaper columnist, and television reporter. As such, the prose comes across as somewhat dated, yet retains a lively and frenetic feel. Like the butterfly's wings, this initial futile and seemingly inconsequential event sowed the seed for a trans-national environmental mo