Greenpeace Activists Board Shell’s Arctic-bound Oil Rig

Six Greenpeace activists have climbed aboard a Shell oil rig because it makes its manner throughout the Pacific Ocean certain for Seattle and in the end the Alaskan arctic.

The six activists climbed aboard the semi-submersible rig Polar Pioneer, which is loaded atop a submersible heavy carry ship. The rig was positioned roughly 750 miles north-west of Hawaii when the activists climbed aboard, Greenpeace mentioned.

The boarding is in protest of Shell’s deliberate summer season drilling marketing campaign within the Chukchi Sea off Alaska. Last week, the United States Department of Interior upheld a 2008 lease sale within the Chukchi Sea, transferring Shell a step nearer to returning to grease and gasoline exploration within the Arctic this summer season.

Greenpeace says the activists have sufficient provides to final a number of days aboard the rig, and they are going to be live-tweeting your entire protest. The six activists come from the USA, Germany, New Zealand, Australia, Sweden and Austria, in line with Greenpeace.

The protest was launched from the Greenpeace ship MV Esperanza, which has been monitoring the rig because it left because it left Brunei Bay in Malaysia. There are 35 individuals aboard the Esperanza, Greenpeace mentioned.

The rig is anticipated to reach in Seattle someday in mid-April.

The Polar Pioneer is owned by Transocean and may drill to a depth of 25,000 toes and water depths as much as 1,640 toes.

A second rig for Shell, the Noble Discoverer drillship, has already departed for Alaska forward of this summer season’s anticipated drilling actions.

WATCH our activists on @Shell‘s Polar Pioneer. (OK… you’ll have to squint). http://t.co/F3VsLJNhyp #TheCrossing pic.twitter.com/MFYjrSxSXU
— Greenpeace (@Greenpeace) April 6, 2015

All six climbers are actually safely aboard Shell’s oil drill rig! http://t.co/F3VsLJNhyp #TheCrossing pic.twitter.com/xEI7WluelL
— Greenpeace (@Greenpeace) April 6, 2015

On the Pacific, 6 volunteers awoke earlier than daybreak. Now, they’re all on board Shell’s Arctic drill rig! #TheCrossing pic.twitter.com/tZrQzf0Csh
— Greenpeace USA (@greenpeaceusa) April 6, 2015

Our activists are establishing camp on Shell’s drill rig! http://t.co/uxUerRHlCf #TheCrossing pic.twitter.com/Pw1PSJ7B7X
— Greenpeace (@Greenpeace) April 6, 2015