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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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Spare a thought for us, and our frozen fingers

Spare a thought for us, and our frozen fingers

Blog entry by James Turner | April 8, 2013 4 comments

We touched down at Barneo base Friday afternoon, a small outpost of humanity in the middle of this great frozen ocean. It's created each year to serve polar explorers, scientists and now, Save the Arctic activists. Our arrival was...

Arctic at the Crossroads

Arctic at the Crossroads

Blog entry by Kelly Rigg | April 8, 2013 5 comments

As a small team of youth ambassadors for Greenpeace's Arctic campaign begin their trek to the North Pole, I'm reminded of the campaign to save the Antarctic (below), which I led on behalf of Greenpeace in the 1980s. While politics...

#2ThePole: declaring the Arctic a global sanctuary

#2ThePole: declaring the Arctic a global sanctuary

Blog entry by Aaron Gray-Block | April 8, 2013 1 comment

On skis across the ice, towing their packs and equipment on sleighs during a week-long expedition to reach the geographic North Pole, a team of 16 campaigners are braving the remoteness of the Arctic to declare it a global sanctuary.

Team Aurora Leave Barneo Base

Slideshow | April 8, 2013

UPDATE: Trekkers depart on North Pole expedition, aim for Arctic Council meeting

Press release | April 7, 2013 at 16:57

London, April 7, 2013 — A group of young campaigners set off today on an expedition to help save the Arctic, aiming to also hold an unexpected meeting with a delegation of influential Arctic officials at the North Pole later this week.

In Pod We Trust

In Pod We Trust

Blog entry by Jess Wilson | April 7, 2013 11 comments

Every couple of months, something bizarre happens at work that convinces me I must have one of the strangest jobs on the planet. And these moments often come in the form of a question. Questions like, “Did One Direction’s tweet...

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