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

Video: Fish on climate change and China

Just in via our Climate Rescue weblog, here's a beautiful little filmic essay on the realities of climate change from Greenpeace China...
Posted by jossc - 14 August, 2009 - 11:21

New wallpapers: sunbathing polar bears and melting glaciers

More breathtaking images just in from Nick Cobbing, aboard the Arctic Sunrise in Greenland, where the crew are working with leading climate scientists to...
Posted by jossc - 7 August, 2009 - 11:04

Video: The Arctic Sunrise expedition to the polar north

Two great video diaries from Aussie explorer Eric Philips, aboard the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise on their mission to document the impact of climate change...
Posted by christian - 23 July, 2009 - 15:59

Nick Cobbing's images of the Arctic

Photographer Nick Cobbing's spectacular photos from the Arctic Sunrise's Arctic expedition are featured on the Telegraph website here. Take a look, for ice...
Posted by christian - 17 July, 2009 - 16:55

Glaciers and ice bridges: images from the Greenland ice sheet

The Arctic Sunrise is still in Greenland where the crew (including leading climate scientists and other ice experts) have been monitoring the ongoing...
Posted by jamie - 15 July, 2009 - 14:37

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