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Protect the Arctic

We all depend on the health of the Arctic. But companies and governments want to drill for oil in the melting waters. Burning oil caused the melting in the first place. We need to protect the Arctic waters from oil drilling and industrial fishing. Join us and demand world leaders declare a global sanctuary around the North Pole.

 

 

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When is inevitable not inevitable?

When is inevitable not inevitable?

Blog entry by Charlie Kronick | April 12, 2013 2 comments

The end of 2012 and first months of 2013 have seen a remarkable change in the fight to protect the Arctic from risky and dangerous oil exploration.    Three oil “majors” –   Total , Statoil and Conoco-Phillips - have withdrawn from...

Further reflections on the Arctic Council

Further reflections on the Arctic Council

Blog entry by James Turner | April 12, 2013 1 comment

You probably won't be surprised to hear that up here on the ice, we've been talking a lot about the Arctic Council over the last couple of days. We feel like what happened with Gustaf Lind and the Arctic Council this week is a...

At the North Pole, A New World

At the North Pole, A New World

Blog entry by James Turner | April 11, 2013 2 comments

I'm writing this inside a small yellow tent on the frozen Arctic Ocean, while shoveling snow into a kettle. I'm on my way to the North Pole with a group of young people to declare it protected and call for a sanctuary there. Today...

Next Stop North Pole

Slideshow | April 11, 2013
Carrying the Sun From the Seychelles to the North Pole

Carrying the Sun From the Seychelles to the North Pole

Blog entry by Renny Bijoux | April 11, 2013 5 comments

My name is Renny Bijoux and out of the billions of people in the world I have been chosen to go on a life-changing, challenging but fun and wicked expedition to the North Pole! How cool is that, heh?! It's not every day that someone...

Three strikes and you're out

Three strikes and you're out

Blog entry by Sune Scheller | April 10, 2013 3 comments

This morning, two polar bears scaled the Statoil oil rig West Hercules bound for the world’s northernmost drilling sites in the Arctic. Just a few hours later the Norwegian state-owned oil company announced that these frontier...

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