Permalink: https://photo.greenpeace.org/archive/Activists-Board-Shell-Drillship-in-NZ-27MZIF21DO1Q.htmlConceptually similarActivists Board Shell Drillship in NZGP03PT3Completed★★★★Activists Board Shell Drillship in NZGP03PT4Completed★★★★Activists Board Shell Drillship in NZGP03PT6Completed★★★★Activists Board Shell Drillship in NZGP03PSYCompleted★★★★Taranaki Action Court Sentence in New ZealandGP04GH2Completed★★★★Activists Board Shell Drillship in New ZealandGP03PKSCompleted★★★★Activists Board Shell Drillship in NZGP03PT1Completed★★★★Activists Board Shell Drillship in NZGP03PSXCompleted★★★★Activists Board Shell Drillship in NZGP03PT0Completed★★★★View AllGP03PT2Activists Board Shell Drillship in NZActor Lucy Lawless and Greenpeace activist Vivienne Hadlow are greeted by Greenpeace New Zealand's Executive Director Bunny McDiarmid (L) 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 2095pxKeywords:Actors-Arrests-Cars-Climate (campaign title)-Day-Greenpeace activists-Greenpeace staff-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)