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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You can’t sink a rainbow, you can’t seize a sunrise

I trembled as I walked through the grounds of Murmansk prison on the 26th September.Inmates watched me and the arrival of the other notorious 29 new prisoners...
Posted by Alex Harris - 22 January, 2014 - 15:44
Phil, Alex and Kieron at St Pancras station

In photos: Arctic 30 homecoming

Captain Pete Willcox is home, and the rest of the non-Russians in the Arctic 30 are either home as well or on their way. There have been some amazing scenes on...
Posted by jamie - 28 December, 2013 - 12:05

VIDEO: 'All the support we received made it more bearable'

Just after arriving back in London yesterday from Russia, Phil recorded this message about what all the support from around the world meant to him and the...
Posted by jamie - 28 December, 2013 - 11:09

VIDEO: 'All the support we received made it more bearable'

Just after arriving back in London yesterday from Russia, Phil recorded this message about what all the support from around the world meant to him and the...
Posted by jamie - 28 December, 2013 - 11:09

Arctic 30: they're home!

They're finally home. An hour ago, Alex, Anthony, Phil, Iain, and Kieron stepped through arrivals at St Pancras International, and are completely free at last...
Posted by jamie - 27 December, 2013 - 18:03

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