In 1987, the author was assigned to the ship M/V Sirius, and members of his crew boarded Vulcanus 11 which had been incinerating toxic waste in the North Sea. “White flakes began to fall on Rongelap, coating the entire atoll and the waters around it with more than an inch of “snow”.” On 1 March 1954, the islanders witnessed the most powerful thermonuclear weapons test the United States has ever conducted on Bikini Island. There are many inspiring stories throughout the book, including a humanitarian mission to evacuate Rongelap in the Marshall Islands of the Pacific Ocean. It begins with the sinking of “The Rainbow Warrior” on Jat Marsden Wharf, Auckland, New Zealand, before outlining the subsequent investigations which led to the charging of two French intelligence agents for arson, conspiracy to commit arson, wilful damage, and murder. Peter Willcox was brought up in a family where “civil rights was a very big deal.” “Greenpeace Captain” is his compelling memoir of life as a senior captain for Greenpeace International for more than 40 years. The recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from The Guardian, Peter has confronted naval warships, including diving in front of a moving destroyer faced a bombing attack of the iconic Rainbow Warrior, resulting in the murder of a shipmate and endured imprisonment for peacefully protesting Russian oil drilling in Antarctica along with his crew. He has led crews into battle for the good of the planet against whale killers, nuclear testing sites and deep sea drillers. In over 30 years as a senior captain for Greenpeace International, Peter Willcox has been in the vanguard of the international environmentalist movement. Greenpeace “defend the natural world and promote peace by investigating, exposing and confronting environmental abuse, and championing responsible solutions for our fragile environment.” Book Synopsis

Greenpeace Captain by Peter Willcox