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''Arctic Sunrise'' is an ice-strengthened vessel operated by Greenpeace. The vessel was built in 1975 and has a gross tonnage of 949, a length of and a maximum speed of . She is classified by Det Norske Veritas as a "1A1 icebreaker" (the second highest ice strengthening notation at the time of construction). Under the original name of ''Polarbjørn'' ("polar bear"), she was used as a sealing ship. The vessel was subsequently used by the French government. Greenpeace purchased the ship in 1995. When Greenpeace approached the previous (Norwegian) owners, they said they would not sell the vessel to Greenpeace. Greenpeace responded by forming a "shell company" called Arctic Sunrise Ventures Ltd, to subvert the previous owner's sale restrictions. ==Actions== ''Arctic Sunrise'' has been involved in various campaigns including anti-whaling campaigns in the Southern Ocean. She is registered as a Motor Yacht (MY). In January 2006 ''Arctic Sunrise'' and ''Nisshin Maru'', a Japanese whaling ship, collided. Both ships suffered minor damage. In June 2006, ''Arctic Sunrise'' was banned from attending the 58th International Whaling Commission meeting in St. Kitts by the St. Kitts and Nevis Government citing national security concerns.〔Sun St. Kitts. (St. Kitts/Nevis bars Greenpeace ship ). 15 June 2006.〕 Greenpeace's protests were discussed at the same IWC meeting with agenda item IWC/58/3, relating to their protest actions against Japanese whaling in the Southern ocean in December 2005 / January 2006, during which a Japanese whaling ship and a Greenpeace ship collided, resulting in this resolution from the IWC.〔Resolution 2006-2. (RESOLUTION ON THE SAFETY OF VESSELS ENGAGED IN WHALING AND WHALE RESEARCH-RELATED ACTIVITIES ) Videos of the main incident can be seen here: (Video 1 ) (Video 2 (man speaking on microphone and ship tooting) )〕〔Greenpeace (Oceans). 8 January 2006.(Whalers ram Greenpeace ship ).〕 On 30 August 2007, ''Arctic Sunrise'' was involved in a protest against the Canadian laker ''Algomarine'' off of Nanticoke, Ontario where she was attempting to enter harbor with a load of coal for the power station. A RHIB came alongside and activists painted the hull of the laker with "No Coal. No Nuclear. Clean Energy." Two activists then boarded ''Algomarine'' and chained themselves to the self-unloading boom. A third activist suspended herself with a climbing harness from the rudder of ''Algomarine'', effectively halting it. The Canadian Coast Guard was called in to remove the protesters. In early February 2007 the ship was moored in Leith docks, in Edinburgh. On 23 February 2007, she took part in a blockade of Faslane Naval Base and was subsequently impounded by the MoD police but after weeks of the ship being impounded and campaigning the vessel was released. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「MV Arctic Sunrise」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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