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Keywords
Barrels
Close ups
Day
KWCI (GPI)
Marine pollution
Occupation actions
Oceans (campaign title)
Oil rigs
OSPAR
Outdoors
Shell (commercial business)
Signs
Barrel marked Brent Spar being moved.
Greenpeace activists scaled and took up residence on the Brent Spar, a disused oil platform to stop its owner, Shell, from dumping the rusting hulk and its highly toxic contents to the sea bed. Shell's planned dump comes just one month before North Sea environment ministers meet in Denmark in June. Greenpeace remained on the Brent Spar for 27 days. North Sea
Unique identifier:
GP013V0
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
17/05/1995
Locations:
North Sea
Credit line:
© Greenpeace / David Sims
Ranking:
★★★★ (E)
Containers
Shoot:
Brent Spar First Occupation in the North Sea
Greenpeace activists scaled and took up residence on a disused oil platform, the Brent Spar, to stop its owner, Shell, from dumping the rusting hulk and its highly toxic contents to the sea bed. The Greenpeace ship Moby Dick stood by as a safety vessel.
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