Save the Arctic

Last edited 14 March 2014 at 1:26pm

The fragile Arctic is under threat from both climate change and oil drilling. As climate change melts the Arctic ice, oil companies are moving in to extract more of the fossil fuels that caused the melt in the first place. But above the Arctic circle, freezing temperatures, a narrow drilling window and a remote location mean that an oil spill would be almost impossible to deal with. It's a catastrophe waiting to happen. Greenpeace is working to halt climate change and to stop this new oil rush at the top of the world.

Campaign updates

Ode to Aurora - an Arctic Roar poem

Yesterday, 64 activists, Emma Thompson and First Nations activists and artist Audrey Siegl were outside Shell's London HQ with Aurora, the giant polar bear...
Posted by Claire Donner - 3 September, 2015 - 10:01

Shell's Arctic failures - a campaign briefing

In January 2015, Royal Dutch Shell confirmed that it intended, subject to regulatory approval, to resume its US Arctic drilling programme. Shell’s exploration...
Posted by Ellen Booth - 8 July, 2015 - 11:07
Still image taken from the film 'A song of oil, ice and fire'

A song of oil, ice and fire

What would our world look like if the oil industry gets its way in the Arctic? That’s what we faced up to as we created our latest short film to challenge...
Posted by Ellen Booth - 27 May, 2015 - 15:03

Shell's AGM and Arctic oil drilling

Watch updates from Shell's 2015 AGM live.[<a...
Posted by Claire Donner - 19 May, 2015 - 08:38

Previously Unseen Photos - Russian Authorities Seize Greenpeace Ship

The plan was to attach a Greenpeace pod to Gazprom's platform and launch a peaceful protest against oil being pumped from the icy waters of the Arctic....
Posted by daphne christelis - 15 April, 2015 - 17:15

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