Witness

At 22.5 metres long, The Witness is able to navigate shallow waters that are inaccessible to larger ships.

Built in 2003 in South Africa and previously known as Pelagic Australis, the Witness was launched in Greenpeace colours in 2021 and embarked on its first campaign operations in early 2022 following a green refit.

The civil society organisation, Whale Conservation Institute (ICB) and Greenpeace, aboard the SY Witness, a Greenpeace sailboat, tour around the area of the Argentine Sea where the oil industry plans to carry out seismic explorations, off the coast of Buenos Aires, Río Negro and Chubut. The Greenpeace ship toured for a week in the North Argentina basin, where the area is awarded to the oil industry. The Argentine Sea serves as the feeding ground and a migratory path of the Southern Right Whale and plays a natural importance especially for emblematic species of Argentine biodiversity.

The Greenpeace fleet

Rainbow Warrior in the Pacific. © Marten van Dijl / Greenpeace
RHIBS are launched for boat practise from the Rainbow Warrior in the Pacific. The Greenpeace ship is in the Pacific to bear witness to the deep sea mining industry. Part of the ongoing ‘Protect the Oceans’ campaign.
© Marten van Dijl / Greenpeace
Rainbow Warrior
Arctic Sunrise
The civil society organisation, Whale Conservation Institute (ICB) and Greenpeace, aboard the SY Witness, a Greenpeace sailboat, tour around the area of the Argentine Sea where the oil industry plans to carry out seismic explorations, off the coast of Buenos Aires, Río Negro and Chubut. The Greenpeace ship toured for a week in the North Argentina basin, where the area is awarded to the oil industry. The Argentine Sea serves as the feeding ground and a migratory path of the Southern Right Whale and plays a natural importance especially for emblematic species of Argentine biodiversity.
The civil society organisation, Whale Conservation Institute (ICB) and Greenpeace, aboard the SY Witness, a Greenpeace sailboat, tour around the area of the Argentine Sea where the oil industry plans to carry out seismic explorations, off the coast of Buenos Aires, Río Negro and Chubut. The Greenpeace ship toured for a week in the North Argentina basin, where the area is awarded to the oil industry. The Argentine Sea serves as the feeding ground and a migratory path of the Southern Right Whale and plays a natural importance especially for emblematic species of Argentine biodiversity.
© Osvaldo Tesoro / Greenpeace
Witness