Norwalk's Peter Willcox, Other Greenpeace Activists Head For Home

NORWALK, Conn. -- Norwalk native Peter Willcox, captain of the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise, has officially been released along with the rest of his crew by Russian authorities and is en route back to the United States.

Captain Peter Willcox, a Norwalk native, is en route back to the United States after being released by Russian authorities.
Photo Credit: *Kirill Andreev/Greenpeace*

by Eric Gendron

12/28/2013 2:30 p.m.

Willcox and his crew, dubbed the "Arctic 30" by Greenpeace, were held in Russian prison for 100 days after staging a protest near a Russian oil rig in the Arctic Ocean before they were granted amnesty on hooliganism charges earlier this month.

Click here to read more about the continuing story of Willcox and his crew.

The Daily Voice will have more on Willcox when he returns to America.

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