![]() ![]() More than perhaps any other individual, he’s been on the frontlines of some of Greenpeace and the wider environmental movement’s most pitched battles: manoeuvring between whales and whaling ships in the South Atlantic, protesting the wholesale dumping of toxic waste in the North Sea, and sailing deep into the Arctic to block oil exploration. Captain Peter Willcox was on board that night, and has since gone on to command the second, and now third iterations of the Rainbow Warrior. Freelance photographer Fernando Pereira was killed in the incident, and the ensuing international outrage propelled the environmental organisation to the forefront of the world’s consciousness. On the night of July 10, 1985, two bombs planted by French special forces exploded in Auckland harbour – sinking Greenpeace’s first ship, the Rainbow Warrior, as it lay at anchor. ![]()
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