Gerd Leipold communicating during MV Greenpeace's Pacific Peace Tour.

Greenpeace sailing boat 'Vega' and ship "MV Greenpeace" during campaign against nuclear testing in the Pacific.
Previous to French nuclear test site protest in the Pacific, the MV Greenpeace and flotilla return to New Zealand to replace Rainbow Warrior I that was bombed in Auckland. The refit of the ship prior to departure was done at Oranjewerf, which is in Nieuwendam, to the NE of Amsterdam. The Inmarsat dome was installed in the Antilles and some engine maintenance, following the Atlantic crossing.