Gijs Thieme Recovering from Barrel

Gijs Thieme recovering after hitting his head on the engine when knocked overboard by the splash of a barrel from dumpship Rijnborg. North Atlantic.

Unique identifier: GP01AGR

Type: Image

Shoot date: 05/09/1982

Locations: North Atlantic Ocean

Credit line: © Greenpeace / Pierre Gleizes

Ranking: ★★★★★★ (B)

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Rijnborg Nuclear Waste Dumping Actions in North Atlantic

Greenpeace actions with the MY Sirius and Cedarlea protesting against the dumping of nuclear waste in the Atlantic by the ship RIJNBORG dumping its 7000 ton cargo of nuclear waste.

(Shots include activities on different days. In the first activity Gijs Thieme is knocked out of the Greenpeace inflatable by the splash of a barrel from the dumpship, and in the process injures his head on the engine of the inflatable. In the second activity a barrel is dumped onto the Greenpeace inflatable being driven by activist Willem Groenier.)

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