Sandra Schoettner, marine biologist and oceans campaigner with Greenpeace Germany sampling snow to investigate the presence of persistent organic pollutants like PFCs (per- and polyfluorinated chemicals) in the Antarctic environment.
Greenpeace ship the Arctic Sunrise is in the Antarctic to support the proposal of an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary, which would be a safe haven for penguins, whales and seals, and put the waters off-limits to the industrial fishing vessels sucking up the tiny shrimp-like krill, on which Antarctic life relies.