The Greenpeace to Amchitka: an environmental odyssey
Adventure and exploration, Canadian non-fiction, Environment, Politics and government
Human-narrated audio
Summary
Eleven landlubbing environmentalists and one old sea captain planned to pilot a small, aging fishing boat across 3,800 kilometres of the Gulf of Alaska in the middle of storm season to try to stop a hydrogen bomb test - and… possibly be incinerated in the process. Launched from Vancouver, the 1971 odyssey failed to stop the bomb but did ignite a world-wide environmental movement. Written by a member of the expedition, the book captures the idealism and hope of the psychedelic '60s, while also telling a sea story, full of the debates and misadventures of the characters on board. Some strong language, some descriptions of sex and violence. 2004.