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I remember that on the first one he signed* Sir Peter Blake, *the second* Peter Blake, *and in the third he finished with* Welcome onboard, Peter. \n\n*It was a privilege to work with Peter – I was a young unknown photographer; Peter Blake was a legend; and it was the first time I was able to use my skills to support a project that touched me, like protecting nature.* \n\nSee a selection of Franck Socha’s photographs from his time with *Seamaster*. You can also read some excerpts from the *Seamaster* log, September–November 2001. \n","Credit":"Photograph by and courtesy of Franck Socha / www.francksocha.com","MediaCaption":"Sir Peter Blake, 15 November 2001.","Title":"WELCOME ONBOARD","PlayIconStyle":null,"id":29,"Media":{"localFile":{"publicURL":"/static/32eb459fd60f593c786135263ad034eb/DL_08_DSC_3766_7865e665bb.jpg"},"mime":"image/jpeg"},"VideoPlaceholderImage":null},{"Body":"A day of diving - our first in the Amazon. Miguel brought Carlos, a long-time friend and local scuba diver, aboard to go over the charts with us and help identify the best dive spots. My notes from the session indicate:\n\nDive spot 1 - Caiman (alligator family) and tropical fish\n\nDive spot 2 - Caiman, turtles, black piranha and anaconda (I’m not sure that I will dive this one until Ollie has had a good look around first and returns in one piece)\n\nDive spot 3 - Much the same as #2\n\n---\n\nSir Peter Blake, *Seamaster* log, 9 October 2001\n","Credit":"Photograph by and courtesy of Franck Socha / www.francksocha.com","MediaCaption":"Marc Hertel gives a safety briefing before the team’s first dive. 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Life here is almost uncountable – there is so much of it.\n\nThe following are all approximate numbers, because no-one knows for sure, and most estimates seem to vary enormously – sometimes by a factor of 10 or more.\n\nFish Species: 2,500  \nMammals: 300  \nBirds: 2,000  \nInsects: Millions  \nTrees: up to 300 different species per hectare  \nPlants: 60,000 to 300,000  \n\n---\n\nSir Peter Blake, *Seamaster* log, 16 October 2001","Credit":"Photograph by and courtesy of Franck Socha / www.francksocha.com","MediaCaption":"The rigid inflatable boat (RIB) was used to scout ahead of *Seamaster* to check river depths and for mudbanks and rocks.","Title":"AMAZON","PlayIconStyle":null,"id":243,"Media":{"localFile":{"publicURL":"/static/d4cc4f6d75b04a3e67b61cf050b4b6e0/DL_08_20011205_088_354de27caa.jpg"},"mime":"image/jpeg"},"VideoPlaceholderImage":null},{"Body":"The Rio Negro – the fourth largest river in the world, and the second biggest tributary to the Rio Amazonas, will be our “base” for the next month or so.\n\nWe plan to be in port for a few days, preparing for what lies ahead, much of it unknown.\n\nIt promises to be an exciting time.\n\nFor those of us on *Seamaster*, who have put up with the daily grind up-river, to be here is another peak climbed.\n\nOur real adventures are about to begin. We hope that you will be onboard with us.\n\n---\n\nSir Peter Blake, *Seamaster* log, 18 October 2001","Credit":"Photograph by and courtesy of Franck Socha / www.francksocha.com","MediaCaption":"*Seamaster* at her furthest point upriver on the Rio Negro, a few days before turning around.","Title":"RIO NEGRO","PlayIconStyle":null,"id":241,"Media":{"localFile":{"publicURL":"/static/bbaab1b7b13cf4015dfe4396d6e5c7ef/DL_08_20011205_267_8a9ae5b48d.jpg"},"mime":"image/jpeg"},"VideoPlaceholderImage":null},{"Body":"I have just returned from a rather quick round trip to Rio de Janeiro - to meet with Dr Klaus Toepfer, the head of the United Nations Environment Programme, and attend a UNEP-sponsored meeting of the environment ministers of all the Latin American and Caribbean countries.\n\nThe ministers I spoke to were all very aware of the need to manage the Amazon and its resources with extreme caution, in a very sustainable way. But there are many other pressures being brought to bear and the solutions to saving the Amazon from catastrophic exploitation on a grand scale will not be easily found. \n\n… I am fast coming to the conclusion that the rest of the world is going to have to act if the Amazon is to be saved.\n\n---\n\nSir Peter Blake, *Seamaster* log, 25 October 2001","Credit":"Photograph by and courtesy of Franck Socha / www.francksocha.com","MediaCaption":"At a UNEP-sponsored meeting of the environment ministers of all the Latin American and Caribbean countries in Rio de Janeiro. ","Title":"RIO DE JANEIRO","PlayIconStyle":null,"id":235,"Media":{"localFile":{"publicURL":"/static/2b9678aa64c2f7794e5652f2c49d431a/DL_08_20011205_126_485bd31843.jpg"},"mime":"image/jpeg"},"VideoPlaceholderImage":null},{"Body":"We had no idea that we would see so many signs of population:\n\nThere are almost always houses in sight, with small villages and larger towns at regular intervals along the river. There is much activity on the river, which is the main highway as well as the fishing ground.\n\n---\n\nSir Peter Blake, *Seamaster* log, 16 October 2001","Credit":"Photograph by and courtesy of Franck Socha / www.francksocha.com","MediaCaption":"*Seamaster* arriving at Novo Airao on the Rio Negro.","Title":"RIO NEGRO","PlayIconStyle":null,"id":238,"Media":{"localFile":{"publicURL":"/static/e85ed295ef8dc9c4198e29cb0d91e9c6/DL_08_20011205_135_4103ec41a1.jpg"},"mime":"image/jpeg"},"VideoPlaceholderImage":null},{"Body":"Our guide is Miguel Rocha da Silva – who was the guide for Jacques Cousteau when *Calypso* spent 18 months here. Miguel is a wealth of information. \n\n---\n\nSir Peter Blake, *Seamaster* log, 28 September 2001\n\n","Credit":"Photograph by and courtesy of Franck Socha / www.francksocha.com","MediaCaption":"At the Fundação Almerinda Malaquias - the foundation run by Miguel Rocha da Silva that teaches sustainability practices to locals.","Title":"NOVO AIRÃO","PlayIconStyle":null,"id":236,"Media":{"localFile":{"publicURL":"/static/a3a8c3af74279d33f5e72bfeea45e8b5/DL_08_20011205_140_e2f80fcb73.jpg"},"mime":"image/jpeg"},"VideoPlaceholderImage":null},{"Body":"The mayor of Novo Airão came for breakfast – along with quite a few friends – but they were all very friendly people who had looked after us extremely well last night.\n\n---\n\nSir Peter Blake, *Seamaster* log, 27 October 2001","Credit":"Photograph by and courtesy of Franck Socha / www.francksocha.com","MediaCaption":"Taking the bus to a village near Novo Airão.","Title":"NOVO AIRÃO","PlayIconStyle":null,"id":237,"Media":{"localFile":{"publicURL":"/static/ecd4daba4c6e9e505a1caeb965034d39/DL_08_20011205_273_b7e0aad73a.jpg"},"mime":"image/jpeg"},"VideoPlaceholderImage":null},{"Body":"Flights of parrots are squawking overhead as I sit on a rocky ledge in front of the old, overgrown brick and plaster home – with its arched windows and grand front steps – complete with iron securing ring. Obviously the river comes right up to the front door at high water.\n\n---\n\nSir Peter Blake, *Seamaster* log, 30 October 2001","Credit":"Photograph by and courtesy of Franck Socha / www.francksocha.com","MediaCaption":"Once a thriving town, Velho Airão was abandoned after it went bankrupt as a result of collapse of the rubber industry in the region. 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We were introduced by the teacher and through our guide and friend Miguel we were able to tell them a little about where we were from. “In Nove Zealandia” (New Zealand), Miguel translated, “there are no caiman, no jaguars, no snakes or monkeys, no otters, manatees nor river dolphins”. \n\nHe explained that we were here because we thought the Amazon so special and the animals that lived here so important.\n\n---\n\nDr Mark Orams, *Seamaster* log, 17 November 2001\n\n","Credit":"Photograph by and courtesy of Franck Socha / www.francksocha.com","MediaCaption":"At a school in the remote town of Santa Helena on the Rio Negro, where the children marvelled at pictures of Peter on the Antarctic ice with penguins.","Title":"SANTA HELENA","PlayIconStyle":null,"id":244,"Media":{"localFile":{"publicURL":"/static/ea95f7844c920792015be5133398e47a/DL_08_20011205_184_a93018d787.jpg"},"mime":"image/jpeg"},"VideoPlaceholderImage":null},{"Body":"Most of the bigger animals here are already gone – or nearly so. Many others are following the same fate. The world market for endangered species, be it jaguar pelts or boa constrictor skins or live parrots – is increasing. \n\n---\n\nSir Peter Blake, *Seamaster* log, 9 October 2001","Credit":"Photograph by and courtesy of Franck Socha / www.francksocha.com","MediaCaption":"Encountering a parrot in Santa Helena.","Title":"SANTA HELENA","PlayIconStyle":null,"id":253,"Media":{"localFile":{"publicURL":"/static/11f90e3469e27307f86bd0fcfcb04042/DL_08_20011205_283_c36494d55e.jpg"},"mime":"image/jpeg"},"VideoPlaceholderImage":null},{"Body":"Why are we doing this? The reasons are similar to those that took us to 70 degrees south on the Antarctic Peninsula. It is part of our mission to visit the ‘pulse points’ of the planet and report on what we see, on what we find, and on what we learn through our adventures on this very special vessel of ours. \n\nRather than reading about it, we want to ‘see for ourselves’, form our own opinions, and share our experiences with as many people as possible.\n\n---\n\nSir Peter Blake, *Seamaster* log, 5 September 2001","Credit":"Photograph by and courtesy of Franck Socha / www.francksocha.com","MediaCaption":"*Seamaster*, deep into the Amazon basin.","Title":"\"SEE FOR OURSELVES\"","PlayIconStyle":null,"id":245,"Media":{"localFile":{"publicURL":"/static/97112acb787db852b90c925497d0b8f8/DL_08_20011205_327_e375342cec.jpg"},"mime":"image/jpeg"},"VideoPlaceholderImage":null}],"Title":"EXPEDITION IN THE AMAZON","id":"Slideshows_12","strapiId":12,"TimeoutOverrideSeconds":null}},"pageContext":{"id":"Slideshows_12","slideshowData":{"Slideshow":[{"Body":"While in New Zealand covering the 2000 America’s Cup, young French photographer Franck Socha met and photographed Sir Peter Blake, who had just led Team New Zealand’s successful defence and also announced his retirement from competitive sailing. \n\nBack home in France, in 2001 Franck heard that Peter had established blakexpeditions and was planning a trip to explore the Amazon aboard *Seamaster*. He recalls:\n\n*I took a chance and emailed Peter, asking if he remembered me and if needed a photographer for his new adventure. He answered yes to both!*\n\n*We established how we could work together in three emails. I remember that on the first one he signed* Sir Peter Blake, *the second* Peter Blake, *and in the third he finished with* Welcome onboard, Peter. \n\n*It was a privilege to work with Peter – I was a young unknown photographer; Peter Blake was a legend; and it was the first time I was able to use my skills to support a project that touched me, like protecting nature.* \n\nSee a selection of Franck Socha’s photographs from his time with *Seamaster*. 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My notes from the session indicate:\n\nDive spot 1 - Caiman (alligator family) and tropical fish\n\nDive spot 2 - Caiman, turtles, black piranha and anaconda (I’m not sure that I will dive this one until Ollie has had a good look around first and returns in one piece)\n\nDive spot 3 - Much the same as #2\n\n---\n\nSir Peter Blake, *Seamaster* log, 9 October 2001\n","Credit":"Photograph by and courtesy of Franck Socha / www.francksocha.com","MediaCaption":"Marc Hertel gives a safety briefing before the team’s first dive. 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Life here is almost uncountable – there is so much of it.\n\nThe following are all approximate numbers, because no-one knows for sure, and most estimates seem to vary enormously – sometimes by a factor of 10 or more.\n\nFish Species: 2,500  \nMammals: 300  \nBirds: 2,000  \nInsects: Millions  \nTrees: up to 300 different species per hectare  \nPlants: 60,000 to 300,000  \n\n---\n\nSir Peter Blake, *Seamaster* log, 16 October 2001","Credit":"Photograph by and courtesy of Franck Socha / www.francksocha.com","MediaCaption":"The rigid inflatable boat (RIB) was used to scout ahead of *Seamaster* to check river depths and for mudbanks and rocks.","Title":"AMAZON","id":243,"PlayIconStyle":null,"Media":{"localFile":{"publicURL":"/static/d4cc4f6d75b04a3e67b61cf050b4b6e0/DL_08_20011205_088_354de27caa.jpg"},"mime":"image/jpeg"}},{"Body":"The Rio Negro – the fourth largest river in the world, and the second biggest tributary to the Rio Amazonas, will be our “base” for the next month or so.\n\nWe plan to be in port for a few days, preparing for what lies ahead, much of it unknown.\n\nIt promises to be an exciting time.\n\nFor those of us on *Seamaster*, who have put up with the daily grind up-river, to be here is another peak climbed.\n\nOur real adventures are about to begin. We hope that you will be onboard with us.\n\n---\n\nSir Peter Blake, *Seamaster* log, 18 October 2001","Credit":"Photograph by and courtesy of Franck Socha / www.francksocha.com","MediaCaption":"*Seamaster* at her furthest point upriver on the Rio Negro, a few days before turning around.","Title":"RIO NEGRO","id":241,"PlayIconStyle":null,"Media":{"localFile":{"publicURL":"/static/bbaab1b7b13cf4015dfe4396d6e5c7ef/DL_08_20011205_267_8a9ae5b48d.jpg"},"mime":"image/jpeg"}},{"Body":"I have just returned from a rather quick round trip to Rio de Janeiro - to meet with Dr Klaus Toepfer, the head of the United Nations Environment Programme, and attend a UNEP-sponsored meeting of the environment ministers of all the Latin American and Caribbean countries.\n\nThe ministers I spoke to were all very aware of the need to manage the Amazon and its resources with extreme caution, in a very sustainable way. But there are many other pressures being brought to bear and the solutions to saving the Amazon from catastrophic exploitation on a grand scale will not be easily found. \n\n… I am fast coming to the conclusion that the rest of the world is going to have to act if the Amazon is to be saved.\n\n---\n\nSir Peter Blake, *Seamaster* log, 25 October 2001","Credit":"Photograph by and courtesy of Franck Socha / www.francksocha.com","MediaCaption":"At a UNEP-sponsored meeting of the environment ministers of all the Latin American and Caribbean countries in Rio de Janeiro. ","Title":"RIO DE JANEIRO","id":235,"PlayIconStyle":null,"Media":{"localFile":{"publicURL":"/static/2b9678aa64c2f7794e5652f2c49d431a/DL_08_20011205_126_485bd31843.jpg"},"mime":"image/jpeg"}},{"Body":"We had no idea that we would see so many signs of population:\n\nThere are almost always houses in sight, with small villages and larger towns at regular intervals along the river. There is much activity on the river, which is the main highway as well as the fishing ground.\n\n---\n\nSir Peter Blake, *Seamaster* log, 16 October 2001","Credit":"Photograph by and courtesy of Franck Socha / www.francksocha.com","MediaCaption":"*Seamaster* arriving at Novo Airao on the Rio Negro.","Title":"RIO NEGRO","id":238,"PlayIconStyle":null,"Media":{"localFile":{"publicURL":"/static/e85ed295ef8dc9c4198e29cb0d91e9c6/DL_08_20011205_135_4103ec41a1.jpg"},"mime":"image/jpeg"}},{"Body":"Our guide is Miguel Rocha da Silva – who was the guide for Jacques Cousteau when *Calypso* spent 18 months here. Miguel is a wealth of information. \n\n---\n\nSir Peter Blake, *Seamaster* log, 28 September 2001\n\n","Credit":"Photograph by and courtesy of Franck Socha / www.francksocha.com","MediaCaption":"At the Fundação Almerinda Malaquias - the foundation run by Miguel Rocha da Silva that teaches sustainability practices to locals.","Title":"NOVO AIRÃO","id":236,"PlayIconStyle":null,"Media":{"localFile":{"publicURL":"/static/a3a8c3af74279d33f5e72bfeea45e8b5/DL_08_20011205_140_e2f80fcb73.jpg"},"mime":"image/jpeg"}},{"Body":"The mayor of Novo Airão came for breakfast – along with quite a few friends – but they were all very friendly people who had looked after us extremely well last night.\n\n---\n\nSir Peter Blake, *Seamaster* log, 27 October 2001","Credit":"Photograph by and courtesy of Franck Socha / www.francksocha.com","MediaCaption":"Taking the bus to a village near Novo Airão.","Title":"NOVO AIRÃO","id":237,"PlayIconStyle":null,"Media":{"localFile":{"publicURL":"/static/ecd4daba4c6e9e505a1caeb965034d39/DL_08_20011205_273_b7e0aad73a.jpg"},"mime":"image/jpeg"}},{"Body":"Flights of parrots are squawking overhead as I sit on a rocky ledge in front of the old, overgrown brick and plaster home – with its arched windows and grand front steps – complete with iron securing ring. Obviously the river comes right up to the front door at high water.\n\n---\n\nSir Peter Blake, *Seamaster* log, 30 October 2001","Credit":"Photograph by and courtesy of Franck Socha / www.francksocha.com","MediaCaption":"Once a thriving town, Velho Airão was abandoned after it went bankrupt as a result of collapse of the rubber industry in the region. 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We were introduced by the teacher and through our guide and friend Miguel we were able to tell them a little about where we were from. “In Nove Zealandia” (New Zealand), Miguel translated, “there are no caiman, no jaguars, no snakes or monkeys, no otters, manatees nor river dolphins”. \n\nHe explained that we were here because we thought the Amazon so special and the animals that lived here so important.\n\n---\n\nDr Mark Orams, *Seamaster* log, 17 November 2001\n\n","Credit":"Photograph by and courtesy of Franck Socha / www.francksocha.com","MediaCaption":"At a school in the remote town of Santa Helena on the Rio Negro, where the children marvelled at pictures of Peter on the Antarctic ice with penguins.","Title":"SANTA HELENA","id":244,"PlayIconStyle":null,"Media":{"localFile":{"publicURL":"/static/ea95f7844c920792015be5133398e47a/DL_08_20011205_184_a93018d787.jpg"},"mime":"image/jpeg"}},{"Body":"Most of the bigger animals here are already gone – or nearly so. 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