Captains Meeting Before French Nuclear Testing Action

A tactics meeting is held the night before an action, with Captains Jon Castle (left) and Peter Schwarz (right), and Stan Vincent, Action/Logistics Coordinator (middle). Also present is Kai Britt, GP Germany Action/Logistics Coordinator. The following day Greenpeace vessel's Rainbow Warrior, MV Greenpeace and Vega were joined by a flotilla of boats outside the exclusion zone around Moruroa to protest against French nuclear testing at the atoll. The Rainbow Warrior & the MV GP were arrested during the action.

Unique identifier: GP0STO639

Type: Image

Shoot date: 31/08/1995

Locations: French Polynesia, Polynesia, South Pacific Ocean

Credit line: © Daniel Beltrá / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Moruroa French Nuclear Testing Tour

The Greenpeace flagship RAINBOW WARRIOR en route to Moruroa to protest the planned resumption of French nuclear weapons testing at Moruroa. Pictures include rendezvous with MV Greenpeace, Vega and a flotilla of boats outside the exclusion zone around Moruroa to protest against French Nuclear Testing at the atoll; David McTaggart and storming by French commandos; pacific islands with palm trees, military frigate. The Rainbow Warrior and the MV Greenpeace were arrested during the actions.

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