Greenpeace International activists from the Rainbow Warrior attach flags reading 'Stop Deep Sea Mining'' to the cable holding the prototype robot, Patania II. In an action to disturb a new deep sea mining impact test carried out by the company Global Sea Mineral Resources (GSR). After a recent major failure that resulted in a 25-tonne mining robot left stuck on the Pacific Ocean seafloor for days. Hand banners read: 'Kein Raubbau An Der Tiefsee' (No Plundering The Deep Sea) and 'Stop Deep Sea Mining.

Island Pride, a vessel chartered by scientists and journalists is also visible in some shots.

The Greenpeace ship is in the Clarion Clipperton Zone in the Pacific to bear witness to the deep sea mining industry. Part of the ongoing 'Protect the Oceans' campaign.,