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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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 -

Racing icebergs at the top of the world

The MV Arctic Sunrise off Greenland © Greenpeace/Morton Dave is onboard the Arctic Sunrise, heading north up the coast of Greenland. Blue and white...
Posted by dave - 29 June, 2009 - 12:08

Video: Amazing glacier melt

And you thought ice melting was boring... Would you be this devoted to science? For more about these guys take a look at The Telegraph. (Spotted on Climate...
Posted by christian - 26 February, 2009 - 13:14 -

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