"Sail forth - steer for the deep waters only,
Reckless O soul, exploring, I with thee and thou with me,
For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go,
And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all."
- Walt Whitman
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Frozen Tears
I placate myself With the taste of infinity A friend's death brings
I have all voices, I am silent, He has no voice, He sings
Icebergs are the frozen tears of harpooned whales.
Frostigita larmo
Mi trankviligas min Per la senlimo-gusto Kiun la morto de amiko kauzas
Mi havas ciujn vocojn, Mi silentas, Gi ne havas vocon
Gi kantas
Glacimontoj estas
La frostigital larmoj, De harpunitaj balenoj
- Lucien Zell
“First you will come to the Sirens, who bewitch everyone who comes near them. If any man draws near in his innocence and listens to their voice, he never sees home again, never again will wife and little children run to greet him with joy; but the Sirens bewitch him with their melodious song.” (The Odyssey) Every voyager encounters a Siren on the path to discovery and I encountered mine. It required all of my strength to resist and survive but in the end I did and my strength and determination have been revitalized.
My primary interest is in defending and protecting marine life in our oceans. It is my deepest passion and it is a fight that I have been involved in all of my life, a fight that I shall never retire from and will continue until the day I die.
I am Master Mariner and Educator, Author and Lecturer, Fund-raiser and Film-maker, and most of all a Marine Conservationist.
I am Master of the 657 ton ship Farley Mowat and the 1017 ton vessel Steve Irwin. The Steve Irwin has just completed a long campaign in the Antarctic Whale Sanctuary against illegal Japanese whaling. The Farley Mowat is presently under seizure by Canadian authorities for documenting the slaughter of baby harp seals and it is a case we intend to win. The Sirenian is on permanent patrol in the Galapagos Natural Park Marine Reserve.
I am closely connected to the Scuba-Diving, Surfing and Vegetarian communities.
My recreational interests are poetry and writing, scuba diving, squash and fencing.
On the day that I was knighted by the divine gale,
I knew that in my battles I could not fail,
Nor could I, or my crew, be hurt or fall.
Magic yes, that was the call,
A truth felt in the deep depths of my soul,
True, only if I keep true to my role.
The power was once so much stronger,
Will it hold true for very much longer?
Findings paths where trails don’t exist
Engaging foes in the storms and the mist,
Draped in a cloak of flowing mystery,
Allowing me to weave myth with history.
Shepherd avenger on the storm tossed wave,
So many species, so many lives to save,
A madness of directed obsession,
Into the wind I scream my confession.
They know not what they do the fools,
I know I can stop them, if given the tools.
A fair ship and a brave crew,
Although good crew are so relatively few
The obstacles increasingly grow
Yet the power continues to flow,
And as it does, I must act at will,
Or all that I love they will surely kill
Within the dark confines of my inner being
It is from there that I perfected the art of seeing,
Seeing is treason to humanity
For what is revealed is mass insanity
Thus all rules are broken in this quest,
No more must I regret or confess.
