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.

Campaign updates

Cairn fails to find Arctic oil

One of Cairn's tugs, towing an iceberg out the way of its Arctic oil rig Bing. Email received. Cairn Energy sent its “Greenland Operational Update” this...
Posted by jamess - 26 October, 2010 - 15:41

Video: Victor, one of our Chevron anchor legends

Watch this great video of Victor, who along with Anais, was the first to scale Chevron’s Stena Carron anchor chain and start the 100 hour occupation of the...
Posted by jamess - 27 September, 2010 - 15:02

It's our birthday and we'll go beyond oil if we want to

The first Greenpeace ship - the Phyllis Cormack - in 1971 © Greenpeace / Robert Keziere Today is the 39th birthday of Greenpeace and we have just arrived...
Posted by lisavickers - 15 September, 2010 - 16:58

Captain's Blog: New generation

Waldermar, captain of the Esperanza, writes about his personal motivations for bringing the ship to the Arctic...  I'm from South America, the land of...
Posted by lisavickers - 9 September, 2010 - 16:40

Leaving the Arctic under northern lights and shooting stars

The Northern Lights above the Esperanza © Will Rose / Greenpeace We had a fairly quiet weekend on board the Esperanza - especially compared to the "all...
Posted by lisavickers - 6 September, 2010 - 14:40

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