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Greenpeace tests ministers’ resolve on offshore oil ban

Press release | September 23, 2010 at 9:50

Bergen, Norway, 23 September 2010 – Government minsters arriving in Bergen, Norway, today, for the annual meeting of the OSPAR Convention on marine pollution have been welcomed by Greenpeace activists dressed in hazard suits covered in oil and...

Greenpeace Arctic expedition investigates effects of excess carbon dioxide in oceans

Press release | June 3, 2010 at 13:48

NY-ÅLESUND, Svalbard - A groundbreaking, Greenpeace-supported experiment investigating how carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution threatens the world’s oceans with acidification, started today at the Arctic scientific base Ny-Ålesund, in Svalbard, 1...

Arctic Under Pressure Expedition Ends

Press release | July 13, 2010 at 11:30

SVALBARD, Norway, Tuesday 13 July 2010. As its two-month Arctic Under Pressure ship expedition ends today, Greenpeace renewed its calls for urgent climate action and an immediate moratorium on industrial activities in the Arctic Ocean. During the...

A different climate perspective: A view on the UN negotiations from the Arctic

Blog entry by Martin Kaiser | June 4, 2010

From Martin Kaiser, political advisor on climate, on board the Esperanza in Svalbard. This week the United Nations climate negotiations are continuing in Bonn , Germany. Actually, I should be there right from the beginning, but I...

Esperanza in the Arctic!

Blog entry by Dave Walsh | May 27, 2010 5 comments

Dave Walsh, Greenpeace comms officer and blogger, writes from our ship in the far North . It’s a long, long way from Germany to Svalbard, but the Esperanza has arrived at Ny Ålesund, just 1,231km from the North Pole , for the...

Scientific Investigation on Ocean Acidification and CO2

Image | May 31, 2010 at 11:30

31 May - Norway. One of the nine mesocosms being towed into place by IFM-GEOMAR scientists, after being lowered into the fjord from the deck of the Esperanza. The mesocosm will be attached to pre-placed mooring buoys, secured and made ready for...

pteropod - ocean acidification

Image | May 30, 2010 at 11:24

30 May - Norway. A 'scientist's eye view' of a pteropod looking into the eyepiece of a microscope in the marine laboratory at Ny-Ålesund. The pteropod, or "sea butterfly", is a small marine animal threatened by ocean acidification. Pteropods are...

Ocean Acidification Investigation

Image | July 12, 2010 at 11:01

Scientific Investigation on Ocean Acidification and CO2. One of the nine mesocosms being towed into place by IFM-GEOMAR scientists, after being lowered into the fjord from the deck of the Esperanza. The mesocosm will be attached to pre-placed...

Getting Ready to Photograph the Arctic Seabed

Image | May 31, 2010 at 11:08

Cameraman Gavin Newman pictured with his ROV (Remote Operated Vehicle) on the deck of the Esperanza in the Arctic Ocean. The ROV,capable of filming hundreds of metres underwater, was designed and built by Gavin. The machine is a dedicated filming...

Filming Under Thin Ice

Image | July 12, 2010 at 11:28

The ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) used by Greenpeace to film under the ice, making fine images of the seabed. Find out more about sea ice.

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