leiv eriksson

The Arctic 20 on trial

Posted by ben - 16 September 2011 at 9:01am - 4 Comments
The 18 activists in jail for boarding Cairn's rig to demand the spill response p
All rights reserved. Credit: Greenpeace
18 of the 20 activists facing trial

Early one June morning this year, along with 19 fellow activists I jumped off a Greenpeace inflatable and climbed up the vertical wall of the leg of a giant oil rig, the Leiv Eiriksson, which was drilling 
nearly 200km off the coast of Greenland in the freezing waters of the 
Davis Strait.

Article tagged as: arctic, cairn, climate change, energy, go beyond oil, leiv eriksson, oil, trials

Cairn's Leiv Eriksson rig off the coast of Greenland

Cairn's Leiv Eriksson rig off the coast of Greenland
Author Credit:  Greenpeace / Steve Morgan
Copyright:  All rights reserved
Date Taken:  25 June, 2011
Article tagged as: arctic, cairn energy, climate change, greenland, leiv eriksson, oil, oil drilling

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