Greenpeace activist Alexandra Harris prays for freedom from Arctic cell Russia says it has reduced piracy charges against the detained Greenpeace protestors on the Arctic Sunrise. Australian resident and British citizen Alexandra Harris in Murmansk, Russia, where she is being held along with 30 Greenpeace protesters, has described her conditions as horrible. AN Australian Greenpeace protester detained in Russia says conditions in prison are "horrible" but she's buoyed by news of protests around the globe. Alexandra Harris was one of 30 crew on Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise ship arrested last month after two members tried to scale a state-owned oil platform in protest against drilling in the Arctic. Russia is detaining the crew in the northern port city of Murmansk as they await trial on charges of hooliganism, which carries a maximum penalty of seven years' jail. In a letter to Greenpeace's Sydney office, Ms Harris says she spends most of the day in a freezing cell. We're allowed to leave our cell and walk for one hour each day. We're locked in what can be described as an outdoor chicken pen (to walk). It's horrible," she writes. But yesterday I saw that someone had scratched 'Save the Arctic' into the wall. It made me laugh. The 27-year-old Australian permanent resident and British citizen says she honestly believed she'd be out of prison by now and for the first time she has prayed - for freedom and courage. "If there's one good thing to come of this horrible situation it's just that - the world is talking about Arctic oil and I've played a role in that," she writes. To get myself through the long days and nights I think of my family. I dream of the day I can run into their arms.