Permalink: https://photo.greenpeace.org/archive/Activists-Board-Shell-Drillship-in-NZ-27MZIF21DA0X.htmlConceptually similarActivists Board Shell Drillship in NZGP03PT3Completed★★★★Activists Board Shell Drillship in NZGP03PT6Completed★★★★Taranaki Action Court AppearanceGP042ACCompleted★★★★Activists Board Shell Drillship in NZGP03PT2Completed★★★★Taranaki Action Court AppearanceGP042A6Completed★★★★Taranaki Action Court AppearanceGP042A9Completed★★★★Taranaki Action Court Sentence in New ZealandGP04GH2Completed★★★★Activists at Auckland District CourtGP04487Completed★★★★Taranaki Action Court Sentence in New ZealandGP04GH3Completed★★★★View AllGP03PT4Activists Board Shell Drillship in NZActor Lucy Lawless with Greenpeace activists Vivienne Hadlow and Shai Naides are greeted by journalists, friends and supporters outside New Plymouth's central police station, after their release on bail on charges relating to their 77-hour occupation of the Noble Discoverer. The Shell contracted drillship is heading to the Arctic to start drilling for oil. Shell is positioning itself to be at the head of an oil-rush into the Arctic, in expectation that climate change will continue to drive up the average Arctic summer ice melt, and so make drilling in the region easier. Oil spills are virtually impossible to clean up in Arctic conditions.Locations:Aotearoa-New Plymouth-Oceania-TaranakiDate:27 Feb, 2012Credit:© Nigel Marple / GreenpeaceMaximum size:3000px X 2000pxKeywords:Actors-Arrests-Climate (campaign title)-Day-Greenpeace activists-KWCI (GPI)-Oceans (campaign title)-Offshore drilling-Oil (Industry)-Oil drilling-Oil exploration-Outdoors-Save the Arctic (campaign title)-Shell (commercial business)-Three people-TwitterShoot:Activists Board Shell Drillship in New ZealandActress Lucy Lawless joins Greenpeace New Zealand activists in stopping a Shell-contracted drillship, the Noble Discoverer, from departing the port of Taranaki for the remote Arctic, where its exploratory oil drilling programme threatens to devastate the Alaskan coastline.Related Collections:Activists Board Shell Drillship in New Zealand (Photo & Video)