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 in the late 1980s.

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