antarctica

Plastic pollution reaches the Antarctic

Posted by Louisa Casson - 7th June 2018
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It’s not what we wanted to find. When Greenpeace set sail to the Antarctic earlier this year, we were going to look for the incredible wildlife – tottering penguins, majestic whales, soaring seabirds – that call the Antarctic Ocean home. But even in these incredibly… Read More

A memento from the Antarctic

Posted by Greenpeace UK - 25th May 2018
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Thank you for joining the journey to protect the Antarctic. Although the Greenpeace ship has left the area, we still have until October to make sure the Antarctic Ocean Commission (the body responsible for protecting the region) says yes to an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary. You can count… Read More

At the End of the World: My diary from the Antarctic – Part 2

Posted by Chris Till - 19th April 2018
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Chris Till was one of the people that made the journey to the Antarctic in an effort to raise awareness for an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary. His daily updates give us an inspirational insight into what it is like to travel to the Antarctic on a Greenpeace ship… This is part… Read More

At the End of World: My diary from the Antarctic – Part 1

Posted by Chris Till - 16th April 2018
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Chris Till on Cuveville Island in Errera channel, Antarctic Peninsula.

At the beginning of 2018 the Greenpeace ship – the Arctic Sunrise – embarked on an epic journey to the Antarctic. It carried a team of campaigners, photographers, film-makers, scientists and journalists from across the globe with the aim to build the case for the world’s largest protected… Read More

On a mission to protect the Antarctic

Posted by Meena Rajput - 3rd April 2018
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Bearing witness to environmental abuses is a big part of what Greenpeace does. And I’ll never forget the moment I did this while sailing through the Antarctic Ocean with 34 other people from all over the world – all with the same mission to protect the Antarctic Ocean. Early that… Read More

Boots: Give risky krill oil the boot

Posted by Louisa Casson - 29th March 2018
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Next time you walk past a Boots store, take a closer look. You might be surprised to find that products on sale in this high street chain are putting the Antarctic at risk. After Holland & Barrett bowed to public pressure and agreed to delist krill… Read More