Crew on MY Esperanza in Antarctica

Penguin researchers and crew onboard Greenpeace ship the Esperanza take biosecurity measures and decontaminate clothes and equipment to avoid spreading diseases or alien species in wildlife areas.

Greenpeace is in the Antarctic to investigate the impacts of the climate crisis as part of the Protect the Oceans Expedition, a year long pole to pole ship tour, campaigning for the establishment of ocean sanctuaries to safeguard this frozen region and its penguins, seals and whales, and to help address the climate emergency.

(This picture was taken in 2020 during the Antarctic leg of the Pole to Pole expedition under the Dutch permit number RWS-2019/40813)