4 September 2014 (Copenhagen) — International polling today revealed overwhelming public support for a formally protected area in the High Arctic for mammals and other marine life.
A study, commissioned by Greenpeace, found three in four (74%) people worldwide support the creation of a protected sanctuary in the international waters surrounding the North Pole. In the UK, this rises to nearly four in five (78%). Currently only 1.5% of the Arctic Ocean is protected — less than any of the world’s oceans.
