MV Gondwana

The MV Gondwana was a ship acquired by Greenpeace 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 in the late 1980s.

The MV Gondwana
History
Name	Viking
Completed	1975
Name	MV Gondwana
Operator	Greenpeace
Acquired	1988
Identification	IMO number: 7401320 Callsign: T2CB3
General characteristics
Tonnage	1435 Gt
Length	61.20 m

External links

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