arctic sunrise

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17 governments join Greenpeace in call for end to Southern Ocean whaling

Last edited 17 January 2006 at 9:00am
17 January, 2006

London 17 January 2006 - Greenpeace welcomed today, on its global day of action to save the whales, a call submitted by 17 governments to the Government of Japan to "cease its lethal scientific research on whales and assure the return of the vessels" from the Southern Ocean whale Sanctuary. (1)

Article tagged as: arctic sunrise, defending our oceans, esperanza, press releases, Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, whaling

Arctic glacier caught speeding

Posted by bex — 21 July 2005 at 8:00am - Comments

A glacier in Greenland


Independent scientists on board the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise have made a dramatic discovery about the Greenland glacier Kangerdlugssuaq. Preliminary findings show that the speed of the glacier has increased beyond all expectations and it is now travelling at three times the speed it was in 1988 making it one of the fastest moving glaciers in the world.

Article tagged as: arctic sunrise, climate change, glaciers, greenland, impacts, kangerdlugssuaq, science, ships

Pictures of climate change from the disappearing glaciers of Patagonia

Last edited 10 February 2004 at 9:00am
10 February, 2004

Greenpeace today released new visual evidence of the impacts of climate change. Dramatic new photos of Patagonian glaciers taken by a research team on board the Greenpeace vessel Arctic Sunrise show the extent of glacier retreat this century, when compared to photos of the same glaciers taken from the same point in 1928.

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Violence in the Amazon revealed

Last edited 4 November 2003 at 9:00am

During November and December 2003, our ship the MV Arctic Sunrise is visiting and supporting the local communities of Para State, who have long been fighting against the invasion of their traditional lands by grileiros (land grabbers), and loggers. The communities are working with Greenpeace to create a protected reserve in the region, for legal and sustainable forestry operations and for governance and social justice.

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Life on board

Last edited 19 September 2002 at 8:00am
Life on board

Life on board

Every year, the Japanese whaling fleet sets sail to Antarctic waters to hunt whales in the Southern Oceans Whale Sanctuary. These bogus 'scientific' operations violate the International Whaling Commission's (IWC) sanctuary regime and undermine international law.

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Greenpeace Ships

Last edited 18 September 2002 at 8:00am
MV Arctic Sunrise in the Amazon

MY Arctic Sunrise in the Amazon

In 1971...
When a small group of anti-war protestors decided to take non-violent direct action against US nuclear weapons testing on Amchitka Island in Alaska, they needed a protest boat.

Article tagged as: arctic sunrise, esperanza, rainbow warrior, ships

Developing nations reject UK-funded dirty energy

Posted by bex — 19 July 2002 at 8:00am - Comments
Choose Positive Energy action at Sual coal power station

Choose Positive Energy action at Sual coal power station

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Dog sled tour takes Stop Star Wars campaign to top of the world

Last edited 6 March 2002 at 9:00am
6 March, 2002

Dog sled tour: Greenland 2002

Greenpeace campaigners this week set off on a dog sled tour to visit isolated Greenlandic communities and collect testimonies of their opposition to Denmark giving the US permission to use the Thule radar base in Greenland as part of the US Star Wars system. 

Article tagged as: arctic sunrise, denmark, disarmament, greenland, nuclear non-proliferation treaty, peace, press releases, star wars, thule, USA

Antarctic expedition leader hits out at 'silent Straw'

Last edited 16 January 2002 at 9:00am
16 January, 2002

The British leader of an international team in the Antarctic has demanded that Jack Straw 'gets serious about Japan's efforts to secure a return to full-scale commercial whaling' after the Foreign Secretary failed to publicly condemn attempts by the Japanese government's use of development aid to buy votes in support of commercial whaling.

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