Season One, Episode 08

Peter on the Rainbow Warrior. Image courtesy of Greenpeace.
One of four trips to evacuate the Rongelap Islanders to Mejato in 1985. Image courtesy of Greenpeace.
Rainbow Warrior III at sail on the Great Barrier Reef. Image courtesy of Greenpeace.
The Rainbow Warrior in New Zealand after the bombing by French Secret Service Agents. Image courtesy of Greenpeace.
Inspecting the damage to the Rainbow Warrior after the bombing. Image courtesy of Greenpeace.
At sea on the Rainbow Warrior III. Image courtesy of Greenpeace.
Pete Seeger performing during a Greenpeace nuclear weapons campaign in 1978. Image courtesy of Greenpeace.
Peter (standing, 4th from right) with his Rainbow Warrior crew. Image courtesy of Greenpeace.
Arriving with the Rainbow Warrior III in Jayapura, May 2013. Image courtesy of Greenpeace.
Another look at the Rainbow Warrior sunk in the harbor after being bombed. Image courtesy of Greenpeace.
Peter at his last detention hearing in St. Petersburg. Image courtesy of Greenpeace.
Peter and his wife reunited in St. Petersburg after his release. Image courtesy of Greenpeace.
Peter Willcox in New York City, June 2015. Photo by Clarke Tolton.

Season One, Episode 08

Water is Wide

Water is Wide

A story of activism at sea.

For over 30 years, Peter Willcox has been a sea captain for Greenpeace, an environmental organization based out of Amsterdam. Willcox helps international campaigns against whaling, anti-nuclear activities, and global warming. In this episode, he tells his experiences of growing up in an activist family, his first protest at sea, being attacked by the French government and jailed in Russia. He also shares the history of the Rainbow Warrior, the famous Greenpeace vessel that continues to sail today.

Portraits of Peter by Clarke Tolton. All other images Courtesy of Greenpeace. Music by Villages.

 

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