RAINBOW WARRIOR
Greenpeace flagship
Asian Energy Tour 2005

The Rainbow Warrior is perhaps the most famous Greenpeace ship. The original vessel was sunk in 1985 by agents of the French government in an attempt to foil protests of their nuclear weapons testing in the Pacific. The current Rainbow Warrior was launched on 10 July 1989.

The ship's name was inspired by a North American Indian prophecy which foretells a time when human greed will make the Earth sick, and a mythical band of warriors will descend from a rainbow to save it.

I was on board the Rainbow Warrior during the Asia Energy Tour where we documented Tubattaha reef and the effects of global warming such as coral bleaching due to rising ocean temperatures.

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Photographer Derek Soriano on deck in Tubattaha reef.


Rainbow Warrior sails into Puerto Princesa kicking-off the Philippine leg of the Greenpeace Asia Energy Tour 2005.


A fisherman paddles his banca close to the Rainbow Warrior out of curiosity.