Aerial shots of Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise in Antarctica amongst icebergs. From Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary tour 2018. Greenpeace is on a three-month expedition to the Antarctic to carry out scientific research, including seafloor submarine dives and sampling for plastic pollution, to highlight the urgent need for the creation of a 1.8 million square kilometre Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary to safeguard species like whales and penguins.