Sandra Schoettner and Kenneth Lowyck in Submarine in Antarctica

Sandra Schoettner, marine biologist and oceans campaigner with Greenpeace Germany, and submarine pilot Kenneth Lowyck in the cockpit of a submarine diving in Chiriguano bay, south of Brabante Island in Gerlache Strait, Antarctica. Greenpeace is on a three-month expedition to the Antarctic to carry out scientific research, including seafloor submarine dives, to highlight the urgent need for the creation of a 1.8 million square kilometre Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary. Key findings from the footage and samples gathered from the submarine dives will be shared with the Antarctic Ocean Commission (CCAMLR) to establish localised protections as well as to strengthen this and other upcoming proposals for marine protection in the Antarctic.