Captain Bizarre Wanderings on the Peter Willcox

Publication Date: 9th January 2017 Format: B paperback ISBN: 9781910985526 Category: Conservation RRP: £9.99 Extent: 336

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In over 30 years as a senior captain for Greenpeace International, Peter Willcox has been in the vanguard of the international environmentalist movement. He has led crews into battle for the good of the planet against whale killers, nuclear testing sites and deep sea drillers. 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. This is his story.

SALES AND MARKETING HIGHLIGHTS • One of the most public faces of Greenpeace, Captain Willcox ‘A hero for our times.’ has appeared in the New York Times, the BBC, NPR, and CNN -Caroline Lucas, MP, co-leader • Full UK campaign by Ruth Killick Publicity of the Green Party

‘Vivid, personal and real.’ -Tony Juniper, ABOUT THE AUTHOR environmentalist and author Peter Willcox has been a Captain with of What’s Really Happening to Greenpeace for over 30 years, making our Planet him the most experienced captain in the organization. An activist for nearly his entire ‘Warmth and excitement.’ life, beginning by marching in Selma behind Martin Luther King Jr. with his family at age -Grace O’Sullivan, Irish twelve. Captain Willcox estimates he’s sailed environmentalist and Green over 300,000 miles in virtually every corner Party Senator of the globe.

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