Rongelap slideshow

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The Rainbow Warrior in full sail

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The grave of Lekoj Anjain, a Rongelap islander who witnessed the fallout at ten years of age and died of leukemia at just eighteen.

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The grave of Lekoj Anjain, a Rongelap islander who witnessed the fallout at ten years of age and died of leukemia at just eighteen.

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Marshall Islands senator Jeton Anjain asked Greenpeace to help.

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Marshall Islands senator Jeton Anjain asked Greenpeace to help.

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The Rainbow Warrior moored off Rongelap.

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The Rainbow Warrior moored off Rongelap.

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Rongelap women welcome the crew.

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Rongelap women welcome Bunny McDiarmid

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Planning the evacuation: the last date.

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Teacher Alsen Tima outside his partly demolished Rongelap school with his students.

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Teacher Alsen Tima outside his partly demolished Rongelap school with his students.

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The grief shown on leaving Rongelap.

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Loading building materials.

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Packing up to leave for good.

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A Rongelap family prepare to leave the atoll.

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A Rongelap family prepare to leave the atoll.

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The evacuation of Rongelap begins.

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A bum bum comes alongside.

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The evacuation in progress.

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Bene Hoffmann and Andy Biedermann look on as a bum bum is unloaded.

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Bene Hoffmann and Andy Biedermann look on as a bum bum is unloaded.

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Steve Sawyer with Rongelap evacuees.

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A Rongelap outrigger comes up to a Greenpeace inflatable.

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A Rongelap outrigger comes up to a Greenpeace inflatable.

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Rongelap Atoll mayor, John Anjain.

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On board a Rongelap bum bum.

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A Rongelap bum bum comes alongside the Rainbow Warrior.

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A Rongelap bum bum comes alongside the Rainbow Warrior.

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A Rongelap woman with her possessions on the Rainbow Warrior's second trip to Mejato.

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A Rongelap woman with her possessions on the Rainbow Warrior's second trip to Mejato.

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Rongelap women and children with Steve Sawyer during the evacuation.

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Rongelap women and children with Steve Sawyer during the evacuation.

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Crowded decks during the voyage to Mejato.

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Crowded decks during the voyage to Mejato.

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Mothers with their children on the Warrior's decks.

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Mothers with their children on the Warrior's decks.

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American anthropologist Glenn Alcalay.

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Mother and child on board the Rainbow Warrior.

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Mother and child on board the Rainbow Warrior.

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On Mejato.

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On the beach at Mejato.

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Clear decks on a return journey to Rongelap.

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Clear decks on a return journey to Rongelap.

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On Mejato beach.

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Supplies stacked on Mejato beach.

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House building starts on Mejato.

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The food dump on Mejato.

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The food dump on Mejato.

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The food dump on Mejato.

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Building materials on Mejato beach.

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At the Mejato camp.

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