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It’s been 42 years since Greenpeace took its roots in Vancouver, and now one of its iconic ships — “Rainbow Warrior” — is making a stop in B.C. for the first time.

This is the third ship to bear the name.

The first one was destroyed in a bombing in New Zealand in 1985.

The second ship was retired two years ago.

The most recent version of Rainbow Warrior is a green ship that comes equipped with five sails and the ability to make its own water. In its promotional video, Greenpeace calls its ‘the most efficient campaign ship ever.’

“We still have to use diesel to run our generators,” says ship captain Derek Nicholls. “But for instance, we just sailed from South Korea to Vancouver. It took us one month to do so, but we sailed almost all of the way without using the main engine, which uses a lot of fuel.”

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While in Vancouver, Rainbow Warrier will be open to the public this Friday and Saturday at the Lonsdale Quay.

It will leave for Victoria on October 18.

The ship’s visit to Vancouver comes at the same time as Greenpeace is once again making headlines.

Thirty of its activists, including two Canadians, were arrested by Russian authorities after staging a protest against offshore Arctic drilling aboard another Greenpeace ship — Arctic Sunrise — in September.

The international crew is now facing charges of piracy.