Save the Arctic

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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Stories from the Frozen North: Kaktovik, Alaska

Robert Thompson, a local guide in Alaska, explains how climate change is affecting his remote Alaskan community - and the spectacular Arctic wildlife. Within...
Posted by bex - 2 November, 2011 - 18:33
Kangerdlugssuaq Fjord in Greenland

A frozen planet under threat

Like millions of people I have the next few Wednesday evenings mapped out already - I’ll be watching David Attenborough’s groundbreaking new series Frozen...
Posted by jossg - 26 October, 2011 - 11:14
The Arctic Sunrise and the Esperanza intercept Cairn Energy's controversial Arct

No oil in the Arctic for Cairn, but hazardous chemicals aplenty


Yesterday brought the news that yet another Cairn well off Greenland - the sixth so far - has come up dry. The Delta-1 well will be plugged and abandoned and...
Posted by bex - 29 September, 2011 - 10:50
Svea Coal Mine in Svalbard

Frozen in time

I will never forget Pyramiden, an abandoned Russian mining town on Svalbard that I visited last year. Walking over green grass unheard of in the Arctic and...
Posted by Frida Bengtsson - 26 September, 2011 - 15:38

An evening of Narnia moments

At about a quarter to eight, still sitting in the Mess having just cleaned off Ronnie's lasagne, we got a call from Paul, the first mate, over the ship's tanoy...
Posted by jossg - 19 September, 2011 - 13:46

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