Six Greenpeace Climbers Scale Shell’s Arctic-Bound Oil Rig

Greenpeace activists have scaled the Arctic-bound oil rig "Polar Pioneer" owned by Shell in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The activists have set up camp on the rig's main deck in a protest against oil drilling in the Arctic.
Clip includes soundbites by Laura Kenyon and Isadora Wronski.

Unique identifier: GP0STOY1P

Type: Video

Shoot date: 06/04/2015

Locations: Pacific Ocean

Credit line: © Greenpeace

Duration: 2m54s

Audio format: Natural

Ranking: ★★★★★★★ (A)

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