The MV ''Gondwana'' was a ship acquired by

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in 1988, originally built in 1975 and called the ''Viking''. Greenpeace updated the ship with a helipad and accommodation space was increased to sleep 33 people. The ship was used to supply the Greenpeace World Park Base in 1988/89 and was involved in direct action to protest against Japanese whaling in the

Southern Ocean The Southern Ocean, also known as the Antarctic Ocean, comprises the southernmost waters of the world ocean, generally taken to be south of 60th parallel south, 60° S latitude and encircling Antarctica. With a size of , it is the seco ...

in the late 1980s.

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The MV ''Viking'' in dry-dock being converted to the MV ''Gondwana''
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