EP13: The Otters of Amchitka, Part 3 - "Cannikin 71 and Don't Make a Wave"

In this final episode of the "Otters of Amchitka" series, see how the Alaskan nuclear testing series, the ecological movement, the antinuclear movement, and a general distrust of government agencies led to the birth of the modern environmental movement. Not only that, it brought about a new kind of thinking that hounded government policy until the end of the Cold War.

The crew of the original Greenpeace mission to Amchitka. The two guy on the lower right with his hands in his pockets is Captain Cormack.

The cover to the live recording of the Amchitka concert. Still available for purchase and full of Joni Mitchell.

“Here is the official government documentary of the Cannikin test. This is about the pinnacle of quality you can find, and it isn’t great. But it’s educational.

Project Cannikin Review - 1971 - 13:00 - Color - This video reviews Project CANNIKIN, a nuclear test conducted on Amchitka Island, Alaska, at 11:00 a.m., Bering Standard Time, on November 6, 1971. CANNIKIN, a slightly less-than-five-megaton device, was the largest underground nuclear test conducted in the United States.”

The Edgewater Fortune (Greenpeace Too mission) in all of its glory. It was definitely more capable than the Phyllis Cormack, but still never made it to Amchitka.