Carola Rackete

Carola Rackete
Carola Rackete
	Rackete in 2020
Born	8 May 1988 ; Preetz
Alma mater	Edge Hill University; Jade University of Applied Sciences ;
Occupation	Sea captain
Employer	British Antarctic Survey; Greenpeace; Sea-Watch (2016–) ;
Awards	Medal of the City of Paris; Medalla d'Honor del Parlament de Catalunya (2019); Karl-Küpper-Preis (Verleihung Karl-Küpper-Preis an Carola Rackete-4345.jpg, Cologne City Hall, Georg Restle, 2020); honorary doctorate (Université de Namur, 2021) ;

Carola Rackete (pronounced [kaˈʁoːla ʁaˈkeːtə]; born 8 May 1988) is a German ship captain and conservation scientist, who volunteered with the German sea rescue organisation Sea-Watch. In June 2019, she was arrested for docking a migrant rescue ship without authorization in the port of Lampedusa, Italy.

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