“We hope that you will become part of the crew for what should be a very interesting time – but also one that will help highlight the reasons that the Amazon is so important – to all of us.” – Sir Peter Blake Belem. Just inside the mouth...
“To be able to use our new “concept” vessel as an “expo” ship, visiting many ports in the world, being open for tours by people of all ages – particularly school children and decision makers – would generate an involvement with the environment in a very...
“I will remember mostly feelings: strong feelings about pureness, about beauty, about life. Feeling blessed to be one of the few people lucky enough to come to such a special place. And finally the most frightening of all, the feeling of the vulnerability and...
“We all really miss being away from our families and friends for so long, but to have the chance to be here, to really get to grips with the major environmental issues that surround us, and to feel that we can actually start the “snowball” down the hill,...
“…the big secret of Antarctica is that if anything happened to it we wouldn’t just be sorry and a teeny bit sad, we’d be in bigger trouble than the baby dinosaur who said ‘look mummy, a shooting star – that means good luck’. ” – Sir Peter Blake...
“We hadn’t intended to be at sea last night. But once we knew this was an inevitability, we prepared for it. We could have hove-too, clear of most of the ice to the east and waited until the dawn, but to be in a gale in the Bransfield Strait, at night, in heavy...
