Marijke Smits Vessel in Atlantic Ocean

The Dutch vessel Marijke Smits vessel in the North Atlantic Ocean. The vessel was caught dumping concrete barrels of nuclear waste in the ocean.

Unique identifier: GP045TW

Type: Image

Shoot date: 06/09/1982

Locations: North Atlantic Ocean

Credit line: © Greenpeace / Pierre Gleizes

Size: 3510px × 2303px 1MB

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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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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