{"id":17656,"date":"2018-07-09T08:47:32","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T06:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/?p=17656"},"modified":"2024-07-03T16:17:58","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T14:17:58","slug":"antarctic-ambassadors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/17656\/antarctic-ambassadors\/","title":{"rendered":"Antarctic Ambassadors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Greenpeace\u2019s Antarctic Ambassadors are leading the call to Protect the Antarctic. They are a group of artists, actors, scientists, explorers and more who recognise the responsibility we all have to protect Earth&#8217;s most fragile places. They have dived to the bottom of the Antarctic Ocean, danced with penguins, met with world leaders and spread the word far and wide: the Antarctic needs our help, and it needs it now.<\/p>\n<div data-hydrate=\"planet4-blocks\/gallery\" data-attributes=\"{&quot;attributes&quot;:{&quot;multiple_image&quot;:&quot;17658,17660,17673,17663,17662,17661&quot;,&quot;image_data&quot;:[{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-international-stateless\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/GP0STRKZX.jpg&quot;,&quot;focalPoint&quot;:{&quot;x&quot;:0.5,&quot;y&quot;:0.5},&quot;id&quot;:17658},{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-international-stateless\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/Helen-Mirren.bmp&quot;,&quot;focalPoint&quot;:{&quot;x&quot;:0.5,&quot;y&quot;:0.5},&quot;id&quot;:17660},{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-international-stateless\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/Javier-chinstrap1.png&quot;,&quot;focalPoint&quot;:{&quot;x&quot;:0.5,&quot;y&quot;:0.5},&quot;id&quot;:17673},{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-international-stateless\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/Gillian-Anderson.jpg&quot;,&quot;focalPoint&quot;:{&quot;x&quot;:0.5,&quot;y&quot;:0.5},&quot;id&quot;:17663},{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-international-stateless\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/Argentine-soccer-team-Racing-Club_GP-photo.jpg&quot;,&quot;focalPoint&quot;:{&quot;x&quot;:0.5,&quot;y&quot;:0.5},&quot;id&quot;:17662},{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-international-stateless\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/Li-Guangjie-Penguin-Mirror.jpg&quot;,&quot;focalPoint&quot;:{&quot;x&quot;:0.5,&quot;y&quot;:0.5},&quot;id&quot;:17661}],&quot;gallery_block_style&quot;:0,&quot;gallery_block_title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;gallery_block_description&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;gallery_block_focus_points&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;images&quot;:[{&quot;image_src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-international-stateless\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/GP0STRKZX.jpg&quot;,&quot;image_srcset&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-international-stateless\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/GP0STRKZX.jpg 1200w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-international-stateless\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/GP0STRKZX-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-international-stateless\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/GP0STRKZX-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-international-stateless\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/GP0STRKZX-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-international-stateless\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/GP0STRKZX-510x340.jpg 510w&quot;,&quot;image_sizes&quot;:false,&quot;alt_text&quot;:&quot;Alison Sudol and David Harbour in the Antarctic \\u00a9 Daniel Beltr\\u00e1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Actors David Harbour (Stranger Things) and Alison Sudol (Fantastic Beasts) on a Greenpeace expedition campaigning for an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary.&quot;,&quot;focus_image&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;credits&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 Daniel Beltr\\u00e1&quot;},{&quot;image_src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-international-stateless\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/Helen-Mirren.bmp&quot;,&quot;image_srcset&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-international-stateless\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/Helen-Mirren.bmp 2000w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-international-stateless\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/Helen-Mirren-297x300.bmp 297w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-international-stateless\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/Helen-Mirren-768x776.bmp 768w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-international-stateless\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/Helen-Mirren-1014x1024.bmp 1014w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-international-stateless\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/Helen-Mirren-1352x1366.bmp 1352w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-international-stateless\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/Helen-Mirren-337x340.bmp 337w&quot;,&quot;image_sizes&quot;:false,&quot;alt_text&quot;:&quot;Helen Mirren&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;\\&quot;The Antarctic is a special place, home to so many extraordinary animals, and it needs to be protected.\\&quot; 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This sanctuary would form a safe haven for penguins, whales and seals to recover from the pressures of climate change, pollution and overfishing.<\/p>\n\n<p>Healthy oceans also help to cycle carbon so we can avoid the worst effects of climate change, and provide food security for billions of people. Wherever we are in the world, what happens in the Antarctic affects us all.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ambassadors calling for an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary:<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"content-two-column-block\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 order-1 order-lg-1 col-lg-5 col-lg col-xl-5\">\n<ul>\n<li>Abdelkarim<\/li>\n<li>Alberto Cormillot<\/li>\n<li>Alfonso Herrera<\/li>\n<li>Alison Sudol<\/li>\n<li>Andreu Buenafuente<\/li>\n<li>Ben Fogle<\/li>\n<li>Chris Packham<\/li>\n<li>Cristina Casta\u00f1o<\/li>\n<li>Daiana Hern\u00e1ndez<\/li>\n<li>David Gandy<\/li>\n<li>FC St. Pauli<\/li>\n<li>Finn Harries<\/li>\n<li>Gwendoline Christie<\/li>\n<li>Hiba Abouk<\/li>\n<li>Jack Harries<\/li>\n<li>Javier Bardem<\/li>\n<li>Joanna Lumley<\/li>\n<li>Las Pastillas del Abuelo<\/li>\n<li>Laura Wells<\/li>\n<li>Les Luthiers<\/li>\n<li>Li Guangjie<\/li>\n<li>Luc\u00eda Jimenez<\/li>\n<li>Manuela Velasco<\/li>\n<li>Mar\u00eda Kodama<\/li>\n<li>Michaela Strachan<\/li>\n<li>Monica Weinzettl &amp; Gerold Rudle<\/li>\n<li>Oscar Mart\u00ednez<\/li>\n<li>Philip Hoare<\/li>\n<li>Ralph Fiennes<\/li>\n<li>Ricardo Darin<\/li>\n<li>Sam Neill<\/li>\n<li>Seung ah Yoon<\/li>\n<li>Simon Pegg<\/li>\n<li>Sir Ranulph Fiennes<\/li>\n<li>Tanya Burr<\/li>\n<li>Thandie Newton<\/li>\n<li>Thomas Sch\u00e4fer-Elmayer<\/li>\n<li>Vanessa Kirby<\/li>\n<li>Vivienne Westwood<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-12 order-1 order-lg-1 col-lg-5 col-lg col-xl-5\">\n<ul>\n<li>Adriana Ugarte<\/li>\n<li>Alexander Skarsg\u00e5rd<\/li>\n<li>Alison Steadman<\/li>\n<li>\u00c1lvaro Longoria<\/li>\n<li>Annie Lennox<\/li>\n<li>Carlos Bardem<\/li>\n<li>Clara Luzia<\/li>\n<li>Dagmar Schratter<\/li>\n<li>David de Rothschild<\/li>\n<li>Domian<\/li>\n<li>Fearne Cotton<\/li>\n<li>Gillian Anderson<\/li>\n<li>Helen Mirren<\/li>\n<li>Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall<\/li>\n<li>Jack Rowan<\/li>\n<li>Jim Chapman<\/li>\n<li>Judi Dench<\/li>\n<li>Las Pelotas<\/li>\n<li>Lena Endre<\/li>\n<li>Lily Cole<\/li>\n<li>Madeleine Alizadeh (Dariadaria)<\/li>\n<li>Margaret Atwood<\/li>\n<li>Mark Rylance<\/li>\n<li>Miguel Bos\u00e9<\/li>\n<li>Mr. Ryu Jun-yeol<\/li>\n<li>Patricia Conde<\/li>\n<li>Racing Club<\/li>\n<li>Reiner Kr\u00f6hnert<\/li>\n<li>Roie Galitz<\/li>\n<li>Sebastian Pufpaff<\/li>\n<li>Simon O&#8217;Brien<\/li>\n<li>Sir Quentin Blake<\/li>\n<li>Stephen Fry<\/li>\n<li>Terry Gilliam<\/li>\n<li>Thomas Maurer<\/li>\n<li>Tracey Emin<\/li>\n<li>Vanessa Redgrave<\/li>\n<li>Wang Yuheng<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"EmptyMessage\">Block content is empty. 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