Blogposts tagged 'Exploration'

“For God’s sake, look after our people”

Posted by jossg - 18 January 2012 at 11:47am - 0 Comments
Scott, writing his journal in the Cape Evans hut, winter 1911
All rights reserved. Credit: Herbert Ponting / Library of Congress
Scott, writing his journal in the Cape Evans hut, winter 1911

Staring out at the bright, open, broken plains of Arctic sea ice back in September, more than once I was struck by the thought of the early explorers who first trekked across similar icescapes at both frozen ends of the planet. My first time stepping down onto the floating Arctic ice was exciting enough; hard to comprehend what it was like for those who were pushing the boundaries of where humans had previously explored.

Article tagged as: antarctica, arctic, climate change, exploration

Amundsen, Antarctica and the power of impossible ambitions

Posted by Frida Bengtsson - 19 December 2011 at 1:41pm - 1 Comment
Taking an observation at the pole
All rights reserved. Credit: Mr. Steve Nicklas, NOS, NGS via the NOAA Photo Library
Taking an observation at the pole

As I write, this I'm looking out of my window of the Fefor hotel in Norway at a wintery landscape of mountains, forest and an ice-covered lake - the same place where Amundsen, Nansen and Scott planned their historic expeditions to the poles. That I'm here with a team to plan our future polar work is an inspiring and humbling parallel.

Article tagged as: amundsen, antarctica, arctic, exploration, south pole, world park antarctica

Chevron gets permission for deepwater drilling – first in UK since BP disaster

Posted by tracy - 1 October 2010 at 10:52am - 6 Comments

We've just found out that the government gave Chevron permission to begin deepwater drilling in the waters west of Shetland late last night. This is the first deepwater oil drilling in UK waters since the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. We expect Chevron will begin drilling in the next few days.

In the last week our activists spent 50 hours in the water in front of Chevron's drill ship, 100 hours on their anchor chain, and over the last 24 hours 16,000 people sent emails to Climate and Energy Secretary Chris Huhne urging him not to grant Chevron the license. It's been a Herculean effort by all and we can't thank you enough for your support.

The government's decision to open up drilling in ever more difficult and dangerous places to reach is totally irresponsible move and shows clearly that they've not learned the lessons from the BP oil disaster. That's why we're preparing to take them to court.

Article tagged as: chevron, chris huhne, deepwater drilling, exploration, go beyond oil, government, oil, shetland, stena carron

Chevron could get government permission to start deepwater drilling today

Posted by tracy - 30 September 2010 at 12:12pm - 5 Comments

Chevron's drill ship is poised to begin exploratory oil drilling in the remote deep water Lagavulin site west of Shetland as soon as the government gives them permission. And that could happen later today.

Our activists on board the Greenpeace ship Esperanza have done all they can over the last week to stop the Stena Carron drill ship from getting to Lagavulin, now we urgently need your help to put direct pressure on the UK government to stop the drilling.

Please write to Energy Secretary Chris Huhne and tell him that he must not give Chevron final permission to begin drilling at Lagavulin.

Article tagged as: chevron, chris huhne, deepwater drilling, exploration, go beyond oil, government, oil, shetland, stena carron
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