As the Chief Mate Martti is responsible for making sure that everything on the ship is running smoothly. Martti got started sailing with the merchant navy of Finland. Eight years ago his girlfriend at the time was a volunteer in our Helsinki office and suggested he apply to sail with Greenpeace. Martti was hired almost immediately and over the past eight years he has sailed on all three of the ships in our fleet. He says the atrium is what is special about the Arctic Sunrise because it brings people together. Martti doesn’t mind the rolling of the Sunrise as he has never been seasick. When not sailing for Greenpeace Martti goes home to Findland and spends his time fishing and road cycling.

The MY Arctic Sunrise is currently in a voyage into the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to document plastics and other marine debris.