Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Press-Conference-in-Saint-Petersburg-27MZIFIKCIED.htmlConceptually similarPress Conference in Saint PetersburgGP025NVCompleted★★★★Press Conference in Saint PetersburgGP025NYCompleted★★★★Press Conference in Saint PetersburgGP025NUCompleted★★★★Press Conference in Saint PetersburgGP025NSCompleted★★★★Press Conference in Saint PetersburgGP025NWCompleted★★★★Press Conference in Saint PetersburgGP025CZCompleted★★★★Press Conference in Saint PetersburgGP025D0Completed★★★★Press Conference in Saint PetersburgGP025NZCompleted★★★★Press Conference in Saint PetersburgGP025NXCompleted★★★★View AllGP025NTPress Conference in Saint PetersburgPaul Horsman (left) Greenpeace Global Campaign for Climate Director and Marine Biologist and MY Arctic Sunrise Capt. Pete Willcox (right) speak to the media in the hold of the Greenpeace ship MY Arctic Sunrise. The ship is at dock in Saint Petersburg preparing for an expedition to the Gulf of Mexico. Several teams of independent scientists will join Greenpeace to conduct a series of scientific research programs that will further understanding of the impacts of both oil and chemical dispersants on the Gulf ecosystem in the aftermath of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.Locations:Florida-Gulf of Mexico-North America-Saint Petersburg (Florida)-United States of AmericaDate:11 Aug, 2010Credit:© Todd Warshaw / GreenpeaceMaximum size:3000px X 2000pxKeywords:Activists-British Petroleum (BP)-Climate (campaign title)-Greenpeace campaigners-Greenpeace crew-Indoors-KWCI (GPI)-MY Arctic Sunrise-Oceans (campaign title)-Oil (fossil fuel)-Press conferences-Toxics (campaign title)Shoot:MY Arctic Sunrise Gulf Oil ExpeditionA Greenpeace crew with several teams of independent scientists are on-board the Arctic Sunrise in the Gulf of Mexico for three months, to conduct a series of scientific research programs that will further understanding of the impacts of both oil and chemical dispersants on the Gulf ecosystem. A BP leased drilling platform exploded April 20, 2010, killing 11 workers and causing a leak of millions of barrels of oil from a wellhead one mile deep 50 miles off the coast of Louisiana. Finally capped in August, the leak was treated with a million gallons of Corexit, a toxic dispersant.Related Collections:MY Arctic Sunrise Gulf Oil Expedition (Photo & Videos)
