Football on the heli deck.
World Cup:
Who's in? Who's out? Who's up? Who's next?
19 June 2002
Right now on the Arctic Sunrise, we have a crew of 20 (including a videographer and a photographer) from twelve countries. Of these, seven crew members are from countries still in the running - so the World Cup is a topic of considerable interest here.
Brazil is, of course, the favoured and supported by the South America contingent now that Argentina is out. Both Flavio (Brazilian deckhand) and Freddy (Argentinean engineer) have been seen at dinner wearing a Brazil football jersey. Also, thanks to a missed news feed, Yuko (Japanese campaigner) and Erkut (Turkish mechanic) are still wondering about who won yesterday. If anybody knows the score, maybe you can post it on the cybercentre.
Game over.
Football scores aren't the only thing worrying us about the World Cup, though. It looks like, British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL) timed the arrival of their transport ship to coincide with the games - thinking that the media uproar around the World Cup would distract public attention from the imminent plutonium shipment.
One big worry is that BNFL will try to load the plutonium during the World Cup finals - a big mistake. The plutonium shipment would be an unwelcome distraction for Japanese security forces, and the shipment would make an even more inviting target for terrorists during the championship. Greenpeace has alerted World Cup officials about the threat, and hopefully the plutonium will remain secured on land.
-- Andrew
p.s. If anyone knows the score for the South Korea/Italy game - some of the crew are wondering. And who plays Senegal next? What about Spain? Drop us a line if you know.
More on the plutonium threat to the World Cup.
