The Greenpeace To Amchitka: An Environmental Odyssey

Description

In this vivid memoir, based on a manuscript originally written over 30 years ago, Robert Hunter depicts the first protest voyage in 1971 by the group that was later to become known as Greenpeace - now the most powerful ecological activist group in the world. The mission was in protest at nuclear testing the US government was carrying out on the small island of Amchitka in the Aleutian Islands - a geographically unstable area, highly prone to earthquakes, as well as a refuge of many endangered species. Includes photos of the mission by another original crew member.

Robert Hunter, co-founder and first president of Greenpeace, was named one of the ten eco-heroes of the 20th century by Time magazine. He is a writer, broadcaster, and speaker on the issues of the environment and climate change. He won a Governor General's Award for his 1991 book Occupied Canada. He lives in Toronto. Robert Keziere was the chief photographer at the Vancouver Art Gallery and for the past twenty years has run a freelance business specializing in the photography of art. He lives in Vancouver.