Grant Oakes in the Arctic

Grant Oakes a deckhand from New Zealand secures the Arctic Sunrise to an ice floe.
The Arctic Sunrise is on a month-long expedition in the icy Arctic. Greenpeace is campaigning for a global sanctuary to be declared around the uninhabited area of the North Pole.

Unique identifier: GP04AKP

Type: Image

Shoot date: 06/10/2012

Locations: Arctic

Credit line: © Naomi Harris / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Arctic Sunrise in Svalbard

Greenpeace is in Svalbard with its ship Arctic Sunrise, after witnessing the warmest summer on record. The organisation is calling for a ban on future oil drilling in the Arctic and for the northernmost part of the Arctic to be made into a Global Sanctuary.

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