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

This is what an unstoppable movement looks like

Last Saturday, more than 10,000 of us in more than 280 cities came together in a declaration of love for the Arctic. Thousands of volunteers, all around the...
Posted by Rachael King - 25 April, 2013 - 16:42 -

Telling the Arctic Truth

“Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.” — Oscar WildeWith so much at stake in the Arctic...
Posted by ben - 24 April, 2013 - 10:51 -

To the Arctic Council, with love

Last Saturday, more than 10,000 people came together all across the globe to take a stand for the Arctic. Organisers hosted human banners in the shape of a...
Posted by Markus Power - 23 April, 2013 - 11:11 -
Arctic landscape with blue sky

Bubbles in the ice

Ancient ice cores, drilled from the thickest glaciers in the Arctic, allow you to examine the atmosphere from thousands of years ago when the ice was last...
Posted by Graham Thompson - 19 April, 2013 - 18:21 -

Global day of action: We love the Arctic, Saturday April 20

As the ice melts, oil companies are threatening the pristine Arctic with industrial disaster. On Saturday, April 20, the world is calling for action to...
Posted by Nic S - 16 April, 2013 - 14:24 -

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