Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/-Flag-for-the-Future-Lowered-to-North-Pole-Seabed-27MZIFVQ3HW7.htmlConceptually similar'Flag for the Future Lowered to North Pole SeabedGP04JHUCompleted★★★★★★Team Aurora Arrives at the North PoleGP04JI7Completed★★★★Team Aurora with Time Capsule in NorwayGP04IYFCompleted★★★★★★Kiera Kolson in NorwayGP04IYKCompleted★★★★Team Aurora with Time Capsule in NorwayGP04IYDCompleted★★★★★★Team Aurora with Time Capsule in NorwayGP04IYECompleted★★★★Team Aurora with Time Capsule in NorwayGP04IYGCompleted★★★★★★Final Preparations for North Pole ExpeditionGP04IYBCompleted★★★★En Route to the North PoleGP04J6SCompleted★★★★★★View AllGP04JHT'Flag for the Future Lowered to North Pole SeabedTeam Aurora prepare to lower the time capsule into the icy waters at the North Pole. From L-R are: Josefina Skerk, a Swedish-Sami student and member of the Sami Parliament in Sweden; Renny Bijoux from Seychelles — a nation under grave threat from climate change; 20-year-old musician and Hollywood actor Ezra Miller; Kiera Dawn Kolson of the Tso’Tine-Gwich’in nations in Northern Canada. A “flag for the future” is attached to the glass and titanium time capsule containing 2.7 million names of supporters who wish to protect the Arctic. A banner behind reads "Save the Arctic."Locations:Arctic-North PoleDate:13 Apr, 2013Credit:© Christian Åslund / GreenpeaceMaximum size:7360px X 4912pxKeywords:Actions and protests-Actors-Banners-Celebrities-Climate change-Cold-Copy space-Day-Flags-Greenpeace activists-Groups-Ice-KWCI (GPI)-Men-Native Africans-Native Americans-Oceans (campaign title)-Offshore drilling-Oil (Industry)-Outdoors-Sami-Save the Arctic (campaign title)-Team Aurora-Time capsules-Traditional clothing-WomenShoot:North Pole ExpeditionA Greenpeace team including four young ambassadors, Kiera Kolsen from Canada, Renny Bijoux from the Seychelles, Josefina Skerk from Sweden and Ezra Miller from USA (Team Aurora), trek to the North Pole. They are carrying with them a time capsule containing 2.7 million names of supporters who wish to protect the Arctic. They lower the capsule and a ‘flag for the future’ to the seabed beneath the North Pole. The trek is part of an ongoing campaign calling for a sanctuary to be declared around the pristine and uninhabited area surrounding the North Pole. The region is currently under threat from climate change, oil companies, industrial fishing and shipping.Related Collections:North Pole Expedition (Photo + Video)Sea Ice Minimum (Photo + Video)
