Several members of the so called ‘Arctic 30’ were there to greet the ship, including Phil Ball from Oxfordshire in the UK, and boarded the vessel in Beverwijk, near Amsterdam.
“This is a joyous day for me, for my friends and for the millions of people around the world who campaigned for the release of the Arctic 30 and the Arctic Sunrise”, says Dutch climate and energy campaigner Faiza Oulahsen, who spent two months in Russian prison last year on piracy and then hooliganism charges following the protest.
