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

A video of life on the Esperanza

We finally managed to upload the video of the crew that our videographer Stephen Nugent made. The internet connection via satellite is pretty terrible up...
Posted by lisavickers - 26 August, 2010 - 09:25 -

How many Arctic cowboys does it take to lasso an iceberg?

Will Rose, independent photographer who regularly works with Greenpeace. He writes from the Esperanza... We’re in and out of internet range now so I’m not...
Posted by jamess - 25 August, 2010 - 12:24 -

From the Gulf to the Arctic

Sim, US activist, writes again from the Esperanza. In the months following the explosion and subsequent sinking of BP’s Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling...
Posted by jamess - 25 August, 2010 - 11:26 -

The risks and potential impacts of oil exploration in the Arctic

Media briefing by Greenpeace UK on the risks and potential impacts of oil exploration in the Arctic.
Posted by jamess - 23 August, 2010 - 12:59

Slideshow: the Arctic Ocean at risk

As climate change causes the Arctic sea ice to recede, our ship Esperanza has sailed north of Svalbard to survey the poorly understood Arctic Ocean seabed...
Posted by jossc - 12 July, 2010 - 15:55

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