Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/The--Oil-Free-Seas--Flotilla-Return-to-Auckland-27MZIF3MVFTJ.htmlConceptually similarThe 'Oil Free Seas' Flotilla Return to AucklandGP0STO5ITCompleted★★★★The 'Oil Free Seas' Flotilla Return to AucklandGP0STO5IXCompleted★★★★The 'Oil Free Seas' Flotilla Return to AucklandGP0STOCJRCompleted★★★★The 'Oil Free Seas' Flotilla Return to AucklandGP0STOCK1Completed★★★★The 'Oil Free Seas' Flotilla Return to AucklandGP0STOCK2Completed★★★★The 'Oil Free Seas' Flotilla Return to AucklandGP0STOCK4Completed★★★★The 'Oil Free Seas' Flotilla Return to AucklandGP0STOCKACompleted★★★★The 'Oil Free Seas' Flotilla Return to AucklandGP0STOCKDCompleted★★★★The 'Oil Free Seas' Flotilla Return to AucklandGP0STOCJZCompleted★★★★View AllGP0STOCK7The 'Oil Free Seas' Flotilla Return to AucklandGreenpeace NZ Executive Director Bunny McDiarmid is welcomed back, after almost three weeks at sea, by Fundraising Director Michael Tritt with son Bryce. Looking on, at left are, former Peace Squadron leader Reverend Doctor George Armstrong and his wife Jocelyn. Four of the six yachts, which made up Oil Free Seas Flotilla, arrive in Auckland. They were protesting against oil giant Anadarko drilling at a site over 100 nautical miles off the west coast of New Zealand, and in waters around a kilometre and a half deep.They were at sea for close to three weeks. The Greenpeace sponsored yacht SV Vega spent seven days inside the 500 metre exclusion zone as the Noble Bob Douglas prepared to start drilling. The yachts arriving in Auckland are SV Baltazar, SV Friendship, SV Shearwater II and SV Vega. SV Ratbag arrived back at her home port in the Bay of Islands while SV Tiama is heading south. The flotilla is a coalition of individuals and boat owners who oppose deep-sea drilling and the new legislation that takes away New Zealander's long-standing right to peacefully protest at sea.Locations:Aotearoa-Auckland-OceaniaDate:1 Dec, 2013Credit:© Greenpeace / Fraser NewmanMaximum size:4948px X 3299pxKeywords:Climate (campaign title)-Crowds-Day-KWCI (GPI)-Oil (fossil fuel)-Oil (Industry)-Oil drilling-Outdoors-People-SailboatsShoot:The 'Oil Free Seas' Flotilla Return to New ZealandThe crew from four of the six yachts, which made up Oil Free Seas Flotilla, are welcomed back at Princes Wharf in Auckland. The activists were protesting against oil giant Anadarko drilling at a site over 100 nautical miles off the west coast of New Zealand, and in waters around a kilometre and a half deep and were at sea for close to three weeks. The Greenpeace sponsored yacht SV Vega spent seven days inside the 500 metre exclusion zone as the Noble Bob Douglas prepared to start drilling. The yachts arriving in Auckland are SV Baltazar, SV Friendship, SV Shearwater II and SV Vega. SV Ratbag arrived back at her home port in the Bay of Islands while SV Tiama is heading south. The flotilla is a coalition of individuals and boat owners who oppose deep-sea drilling and the new legislation that takes away New Zealander's long-standing right to peacefully protest at sea.Related Collections:'Oil Free Seas' Flotilla in New Zealand (Photos & Videos)