Bahia Paraiso

Action on upturned hull of the wrecked Argentine resupply ship BAHIA PARAISO which ran aground on January 28 in 1989 near the US Palmer Station spilling appox. 150,000 gallons of diesel. Fuel is still leaking from the ship & there is a threat of break up which would spread contamination further. Arthur Harbour, Anvers Island, Antarctica.

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Antarctica Expedition 1989/90

Antarctica expedition 89/90. Palmer Base (US).
In 1987 Greenpeace established the ‘World Park Base’ in Antarctica which stayed until 1991. The base was part of a 7 year campaign which concluded successfully with the Environmental protocol to the Antarctic treaty, an essential first step to protect the last (almost) untouched continent on this planet.

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Unique identifier: GP0UH6

Type: Image

Shoot date: 01/01/1990

Locations: Antarctic, Antarctica, Anvers Island, Arthur Harbor

Size: 5632px × 3756px 4.84 MB

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)