Last month our ship the Beluga II set sail on a two-month scientific expedition around Scotland investigating the impact of ocean plastic pollution on some of the UK’s most beautiful landscapes and wildlife.
The images below are a glimpse of what we have been up to so far during our voyage around the Scottish coast. From cute pictures of puffins to minke whales, to rescuing gannets from plastic and cleaning beaches, here are some of the highlights.
Shags on Treshnish Isles, Scotland
© Will Rose / Greenpeace 2017
Seal on the Isle of Canna, one of The Small Isles in the Sea of Hebrides, Scotland.
© Will Rose / Greenpeace 2017
Greenpeace has brought its ship the Beluga II on an expedition of scientific research around Scotland, sampling seawater for microplastics and documenting the impact of ocean plastic on some of the UK’s most precious marine life.
© Will Rose / Greenpeace 2017
Sampling seawater.
© Will Rose / Greenpeace 2017
Seal on the Isle of Canna, one of The Small Isles in the Sea of Hebrides, Scotland.
© Will Rose / Greenpeace 2017
MV Beluga anchored in Loch Lochy next to Ben Nevis, UK's highest peak. Scotland
© Kajsa Sjölander / Greenpeace 2017
Puffins on the Isle of Canna, one of The Small Isles in the Sea of Hebrides, Scotland.
© Will Rose / Greenpeace 2017
Shags on a rock, Treshnish Isles, Scotland.
© Will Rose / Greenpeace 2017
Greenpeace and MCS (Marine Conservation Society) Mull Beach Clean at Kilninian Beach with pupils from Ulver Primary School, Isle Of Mull.
© Will Rose / Greenpeace 2017
Minke whale in the Hebrides, Scotland.
© Will Rose / Greenpeace 2017
Greenpeace working with artist Mandy Barker on Canna in the Hebrides, Scotland.
© Will Rose / Greenpeace 2017
Gannets at Bass Rock in Scotland. Greenpeace is there working on the campaign to highlight the problem of ocean plastics. Studies have shown that 90% of seabirds have ingested plastic.
© Kajsa Sjölander / Greenpeace 2017
Greenpeace crew members find a gannet entangled with plastic in the Treshnish Isles, Scotland.
© Will Rose / Greenpeace 2017
They manage to capture the bird and remove the plastic and then release it.
© Will Rose / Greenpeace 2017
Kelp Forest, Treshnish Isles, Scotland
© Will Rose / Greenpeace 2017
Underwater sealife on the Isle of Canna, Scotland.
© Will Rose / Greenpeace 2017
Puffins on the Isle of Canna, one of The Small Isles in the Sea of Hebrides,
© Will Rose / Greenpeace 2017
