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.

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Finding heart in the melting Arctic

The record has already been broken – but it is about to be shattered. This isn’t the kind of record you wish to remember and tell your grandchildren about....
Posted by sara_a - 17 September, 2012 - 18:21 -
Dr Julienne Stroeve, a research scientist at the US National Snow and Ice Data C

Arctic melting: The science behind the ice

Two of the scientists travelling with Greenpeace on the Arctic Sunrise are Dr Julienne Stroeve, a research scientist at the US National Snow and Ice Data...
Posted by sara_a - 12 September, 2012 - 11:44 -

Going to the Arctic to witness history

I’m aboard the Greenpeace ship, the Arctic Sunrise, just out of Tromsø in northern Norway, to  journey far north, to the edge of the Arctic sea ice.We’ll...
Posted by sara_a - 7 September, 2012 - 12:47 -
Activists board the Gazprom Prirazlomnaya oil drilling platform, Russia

LIVE: Arctic oil drilling platform occupied by activists

Prirazlomnaya.It’s certainly a mouthful, but it’s also the new name – and face – of Arctic destruction today. This giant Russian platform is set to be the...
Posted by jamie - 24 August, 2012 - 09:50 -

Paula Bear spotted roaming around Festivals

This summer we have been busy taking the ‘Save The Arctic’ campaign around the summer festival circuit. So far we have been to Nova, Latitude and WOMAD. Next...
Posted by Nic S - 10 August, 2012 - 13:28 -

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