Kumi Naidoo is leading campaigners to board Russian offshore oil rig in protest over plans to drill for gas and oil in environmentally sensitive area.
Six activists climbed Gazprom’s oil platform in the Arctic overnight to protest against plans by the Russian energy giant to drill in the environmentally important zone, Greenpeace said.
The activists “have taken up positions” on the platform and have enough supplies for “several days”, they said.
The group said three inflatable speedboats had approached the platform at the Prirazlomnoye oil field after 4 am to let six people, including the organisation’s global chief Kumi Naidoo, climb it via mooring lines using ropes and ladders.
As Greenpace says, there is no government or army to protect the Arctic, only countries and companies looking to carve it up.
To learn more, check out Save the Arctic, a Greenpeace initiative.
Background on the threats to the Arctic posed by oil and gas companies
