Earlier this year Javier Bardem, an Antarctic Ambassador with Greenpeace, dived in a two-person submarine to the seabed of the Antarctic Ocean. On July 10, he met Environment Secretary Michael Gove and joined a panel discussion at Greenpeace’s immersive Antarctic 360° geo-dome to discuss the global campaign to create a 1.8 million square kilometre Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary. Here are a few impressions from the event and the campaign: Click here for more information

Almost every krill fishing company operating in Antarctica has vowed to stop working in the region’s wildlife-rich waters. The action will see operations abandoned in huge areas around the Antarctic Peninsula from 2020, including “buffer zones” around breeding colonies of penguins.

As a result, there will be no krill entering the UK that has been caught in sensitive ecosystems.

Almost every krill fishing company operating in Antarctica has vowed to stop working in the region’s wildlife-rich waters. The action will see operations abandoned in huge areas around the Antarctic Peninsula from 2020, including “buffer zones” around breeding colonies of penguins. As a result, there will be no krill entering the UK that has been caught in sensitive ecosystems. Click here to read more

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