Equipment in Greenpeace

The English name is Rainbow Warrior.

There is a touching story behind the name "rainbow warrior".

197 1 year, when the first group of Greenpeace members were on their way to Anchika Island, the accompanying reporter robert hunter read a little book about Indian myths and legends. He saw such an amazing prediction: an old woman of the Kerry nationality told her great-grandson a story: the people predicted that the world would enter a period when white people plundered the earth's resources. Before everything can be redeemed, the great warriors of the Indians will be reborn and teach white people how to be kind to the earth-these warriors are honored as "Rainbow Warriors". So the first boat Greenpeace bought later was called "Rainbow Warrior".

Espe Langsa

English name: The Esperanza

Hope to launch in 2002, and its first action is to promote the project of "Primitive Forest: Protection or Disappearing" in 2002. It is the newest and largest ship in Greenpeace fleet, which was taken over from MV Greenpeace. Hope is the first ship named by visitors to Greenpeace website.

Polar dawn

Before Greenpeace rented the Polar Dawn, it was once a ship that killed seals. Greenpeace once stopped the ship when it was transporting equipment to France to build an airstrip in Antarctica, because building this runway would destroy the penguin's habitat.

Polar Dawn began its green peace career in Brentsba project, in which it prevented the abandoned drilling platform Brentsba from sinking into the North Sea. 1997, Polar Dawn became the first ship in human history to successfully sail around James Ross Island in Antarctica. This voyage was successful because the 200-meter-thick ice that originally connected James Ross Island and Antarctic continent collapsed due to climate change. Since then, the ship has helped Greenpeace witness the destruction of human and animal habitats caused by climate change. The Polar Dawn later returned to the North Pole several times to oppose BP's plan to open a new offshore oil well, Polaris. This plan may lead to oil spill in this fragile area and further global warming. In the Antarctic Ocean, Polar Dawn opposed the so-called "scientific" Japanese whaling plan and followed the pirate ship illegally fishing Patagonian toothfish to Mauritius, the largest pirate port. In 2000, in order to prevent the United States from testing the "Star Wars" defense system, the Polar Dawn entered the missile orbit, but it stopped operating without success. This defense system may lead to a new nuclear arms race. Fortunately, Polar Dawn escaped the missile, and it continued its nontoxic trip to Latin America. 1998 set out from Argentina.

One-eyed giant (an image in Greek mythology)

Argus is the smallest electric boat in Greenpeace, and basically only operates in Rotterdam (Netherlands) port or along the North Sea. 1977, the Swedish navy built the Argus, which was named MS Trymbergen at that time. Greenpeace bought it from a Norwegian company in 2000. Norwegians use it for short-distance fishing and naval training. Later, the ship was renamed "argus" and its registered port was luft Port in Rotterdam.

Argus is mainly engaged in projects against the production, use and dumping of toxic chemicals. The ship itself uses paint that does not contain tributyltin compounds. Tributyltin compound is a highly toxic chemical, which is used to prevent algae from adhering to the hull. Argus's first action was in September 2000, when the staff put a huge sign "Stop TBT" on the hanger of the ship painted with TBT, which branded the ship using TBT with shame. In February of 200 1 year, when a ship named Saga Tide tried to enter the port of Flushing, the Netherlands, carrying wood cut from Canadian virgin forests, the argus appeared and stopped it. In May of 20001year, argus helped to block the heavily polluted Rotterdam Chemical Port. Greenpeace asked the perpetrators Aksu, Shell and Shinetsu to clean up the chemical port. At the end of July, 2006, 5438+0, the reporter took the argus to Beihai to visit the first offshore wind turbine built in Greenpeace, where Clyde Oil Company planned to drill oil. Rubber dinghy is not the largest ship in Greenpeace, but it is the most effective fighting weapon in the ocean. They all play an important role in intercepting harpoons that kill whales halfway, preventing toxic garbage from dumping into the sea and cracking down on illegal fishing boats, which is incomparable to other types of ships.

Greenpeace's use of rubber boats was a very accidental start. 1972, when Greenpeace's speedboat Vega prevented France from conducting a nuclear test, French commandos boarded Vega with rubber boats and severely beat the captain. At that time, Bob Hunt, the "brain" of Greenpeace, was deeply impressed by the fighting capacity of the French commandos' rubber boats. Since rubber boats can play such a good fighting capacity, we should make good use of them.

Rubber boats have their own personalities, all with their own names, and some are only named after the hull color or manufacturer; Some leave a lot of room for imagination. There is a rubber boat nicknamed "Queen of Africa" on the Hope. In the movie of the same name, it took movie stars humphrey bogart and katharine hepburn to Congo. The rubber boat Billy G is in memory of the filmmaker Billy Green who died young. After he was shot, his mother, Robin Davey, hoped that Greenpeace's brave rubber boat could be engraved with his son's name to witness and protect the earth he respected and loved before his death.

In the past few decades, many rubber boats have had unusual experiences. Some have been smashed by radioactive waste barrels, some have been squeezed by ships illegally transporting wood, some have been detained by the police, and some have been worn out. People like Billy G and people who wrote to us to express their support. No matter where you are, our fleet will go all out to create a better world with actions. Please don't underestimate the power you bring. Greenpeace hot air balloon can carry three people: a pilot and two passengers, such as project director, photographer or skydiver. In addition, three ground crew members are needed. This kind of balloon can only be used when the wind speed is not high (at most 10 knots). In many parts of the world, hot air balloons in Greenpeace can only be used two hours before sunrise or two hours after sunset. This is because the sun during the day will raise the atmospheric temperature and generate heat, making the flight of balloons dangerous. The sun is not so poisonous in winter, and balloons have more opportunities to fly during the day. Under normal circumstances (low temperature at an altitude of 2000 meters), balloons can stay in the air for up to two hours. There are two kinds of balloon flight: free flight or tethered flight. In free flight, balloons will fly with the wind. Pilots can control the direction of the balloon to some extent by using the wind direction at different heights. When flying with a rope, the wind speed (about 8 knots) is lower than that in free flight, because the balloon is resistant to wind, and hot air is more likely to blow the balloon and make it fall. Greenpeace uses balloons to complete many project activities, such as hanging banners, taking photos of polluted environment, detecting air pollution, and serving as a platform for skydiving.

The most famous hot air balloon voyages in Greenpeace in history include: 1983 flying over the German Berlin Wall, 1987 flying over the Nevada nuclear test site, and 1998 flying over the Indian Taj Mahal to protest the nuclear test.