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A lyrical and historical account of an ocean voyage It is the twenty-third of March 1992, and the treasured Greenpeace yacht Vega is berthed at the viaduct in Auckland harbour, Aotearoa. The crew of three women crew and the boat's Captain Chris Robinson wave goodbye to the crowd gathered on the wharf. Guided by paper charts, a sextant, and the stars, they will sail across the Tasman Sea, through the tropical waters of Australia, across the vast Indian Ocean and up the coast of Africa towards their destination, the Island of Paros in the Aegean Sea. This book tells the tale of that voyage through the eyes of crew member Robyn White. While fears, dangers and joys play out on deck, and memories, hopes and dreams well up from the depths, the crew begin to question if they will make to their destination and wonder what will become of their beloved Vega when they get there.

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Robyn White was born and raised in Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa. She grew up, always on or near the ocean, during the protest driven era of the 1960s and 1970s. She majored in Geography at Auckland University, before moving to Australia where she worked onboard a prawn trawler and a charter yacht working Australia's northern coast. From 1988- 1994, she worked for Greenpeace sailing on a number of historic protest voyages. She currently lives in Tāmaki Makaurau with her long-time partner with whom she has three adult children. In 2016, Robyn received a Creative NZ mentorship award to work with author Deborah Shepard to write this book.

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