Permalink: https://photo.greenpeace.org/archive/Kayaks-Block-Shell-Oil-Rig-Seattle-27MZIFJM6IDN.htmlConceptually similarKayaks Block Shell Oil Rig SeattleGP0STP3R5Completed★★★★Seattle Shell Rig ProtestGP0STP3RFCompleted★★★★Seattle Shell Rig ProtestGP0STP3RMCompleted★★★★Polar Pioneer Arrives in SeattleGP0STP1AUCompleted★★★★Shell's Polar Pioneer in SeattleGP0STP1B0Completed★★★★Kayaks Block Shell Oil Rig SeattleGP0STP3R3Completed★★★★Seattle Shell Rig ProtestGP0STP3S2Completed★★★★★★Seattle Shell Rig ProtestGP0STP3S3Completed★★★★Seattle Shell Rig ProtestGP0STP3S4Completed★★★★View AllGP0STP3R6Kayaks Block Shell Oil Rig SeattleActivists in a kayaks deploy a floating banner in Elliott Bay at the Port of Seattle in front of Shell's Polar Pioneer rig as it heads for Alaska in preparation to drill for oil in the Arctic. Coast Guard boats are at right.Locations:North America-Seattle-United States of America-Washington (state)Date:15 Jun, 2015Credit:© GreenpeaceMaximum size:2048px X 1536pxKeywords:Access blockade actions-Actions and protests-Activists-Banners-Climate (campaign title)-Coast guards-Kayaks-KWCI (GPI)-Morning-Oceans (topography)-Oil rigs-Outdoors-Save the Arctic (campaign title)-Shell (commercial business)-WaterShoot:Seattle Shell Rig Kayak BlockadeThirteen activists in kayaks have blockaded Shell's Arctic drilling rig the Polar Pioneer, as it attempted to leave Seattle's Puget Sound. The Greenpeace activists have secured themselves in place with enough supplies to last for hours while additional protests take place on shore. Shell plans to use the Polar Pioneer to drill for oil in the Alaskan Arctic in less than two weeks.