Arctic Sunrise in the Barents Sea

Greenpeace MY Arctic Sunrise's captain Vladimir Votiacov is silhouetted in front of a Gazprom oil drilling platform Prirazlomnaya in Barents Sea. An international crew is currently on a month-long expedition in the Barents Sea, which is part of the ongoing 'Save the Arctic' campaign.

Unique identifier: GP047FK

Type: Image

Shoot date: 11/08/2012

Locations: Arctic, Pechora Sea, Russia

Credit line: © Denis Sinyakov / Greenpeace

Size: 5760px × 3840px 6MB

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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'Save the Arctic' Barents Sea Tour

The campaign to save the Arctic continues in Russia and in the Barents Sea. Greenpeace takes action to stop attempts by oil companies to exploit the region’s resources for short term profit. Activists, including Greenpeace International Executive Director, Kumi Naidoo, take part in a series of actions held to prevent Gazprom from completing the work that will allow them to begin drilling in this fragile region. Gazprom looks set to begin full commercial drilling operations by early next year, becoming the first ever company to start commercial oil production in the offshore Arctic.

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