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

Slideshow: the Arctic Ocean at risk

As climate change causes the Arctic sea ice to recede, our ship Esperanza has sailed north of Svalbard to survey the poorly understood Arctic Ocean seabed...
Posted by jossc - 12 July, 2010 - 15:55

Science in the arctic: deploying mescosms at 79°N

Like many other marine species, pteropods are threatened by ocean acidification © Cobbing/Greenpeace Janet Cotter, from Greenpeace's Science Unit is...
Posted by jamie - 9 June, 2010 - 13:44

Esperanza heads north to investigate ocean acidification

It's a long, long way from Germany to Svalbard, but the Esperanza has arrived at Ny Ålesund, just 1,231km from the North Pole, for the start of the Arctic...
Posted by davewalsh - 3 June, 2010 - 13:45

Saving polar bears

As iconic species go, the polar bear is quite literally up there. They are emblematic of the top-most chunk of the planet, as well as the emotive symbol of...
Posted by Willie - 21 March, 2010 - 19:39

Of climate, weather and arctic blasts

Still melting Juliette in our international office posted this on the Climate Rescue blog and, as similar thoughts have been going through my head in...
Posted by jamie - 12 January, 2010 - 18:11

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