Team Aurora Arrives at the North Pole

A selection of ‘flags for the future’ are hung as bunting to temporarily decorate the ice at the North Pole. These flag designs were submitted as part of a global competition. The winning flag design is attached to a time capsule containing 2.7 million names of supporters who wish to protect the Arctic, and will be lowered to the seabed beneath the North Pole.

Unique identifier: GP04JI6

Type: Image

Shoot date: 13/04/2013

Locations: Arctic, North Pole

Credit line: © Christian Åslund / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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North Pole Expedition

A Greenpeace team including four young ambassadors, Kiera Kolsen from Canada, Renny Bijoux from the Seychelles, Josefina Skerk from Sweden and Ezra Miller from USA (Team Aurora), trek to the North Pole. They are carrying with them a time capsule containing 2.7 million names of supporters who wish to protect the Arctic. They lower the capsule and a ‘flag for the future’ to the seabed beneath the North Pole. The trek is part of an ongoing campaign calling for a sanctuary to be declared around the pristine and uninhabited area surrounding the North Pole. The region is currently under threat from climate change, oil companies, industrial fishing and shipping.

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