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are making serious efforts in arranging t and to stop the 10 of those. here we meet with global use maintenance. i'm talking about the stormy st on house. ah ah well, see in antartica, besides an extraordinary bit, great. the large is protected area owner. for this special episode of earth rise,

we going on board the greenpeace ice breaker optic sunrise following one of the biggest campaigns in the environmental organizations history. witnessing the spectacular biodiversity and the many threats to life climate change to the fish and as a team of scientists, photographers and ocean experts set out to prove these vase remote waters must become an arctic ocean sanctuary. ah ah, before i set off down south, i'm going to find out a little about the journey. i'm about to embark on, tucked away in this maze of old london streets. something quite extraordinary. ever since i was a boy, i've been is mariah by tales of the golden age of antarctic exploration of the early 20th century. names of pooler explorers. mike rolled emerson and captain

scott, ah, well, this is where some of those expeditions came to get there met us. we feel it because it's good to see. this is a treasure trove of parts exploration. come, have a look. turns out mankind has forever been hooked on the concepts of a mysterious continent at the end of the world. this map from the 58 is, is the last of the classical world view. this is the world as it would be understood by the ancient greeks and romans still got this great. terrell, astrology, non duncan mita, the unknown, the southern land spin forward 3 centuries to the time of men, like captain scott, who died on his return from the south pole. philip shows me a sledging man from that expedition. this is what they actually used to place the food, their pose for the attempt on the pole. incredible. here we have him reaching the

south pole. and then of course, the terrible trick back, captain scott died him demonstrate how hard it was. then just how challenging it was that a far cry from today. it's why this period is known as the heroic age. they were truly great heroes. up until the 1920s, there were probably less than i should think. 50 or 60 people had actually ever stepped on to the cold slope. of course, now thousands again. every year. like many of the old explorers i 1st had for printer arenas in southern chile, but unlike them, i'll be flying into antarctica to king george island. at the northern tip, harold joined the greenpeace ship the arctic sunrise and head into the weddell sea

. with luck, we'll reach our target, the 64th parallel which marks the northern edge of the proposed station sanctuary. an internationally supported marine reserve covering 1800000 square kilometers that would be protected from direct human impacts. like fishing, oil drilling and deep sea mining. how times have changed immediately, it's clear how connected the outer reaches of the antarctic continent of become. the plane is full of tourists. what was once a grueling journey of months maybe is now can be done in an hour and a half with lunch and of you with before. and i think it's a cold, murky arrival. i'm surprised at how many people there are around. dozens are coming and going to haley are king george island and daughter can we made this land

landed on not so remote is more of a transport hub. you can see lots of tours gathered down. they're taking ribs out to inflatable bites out to meet the cruise ships for the holidays. i also had a lot of research stations with the weather closing in. we need to get a move on the hood over the next 2 weeks. and you hi, stakes. were under way immediately heading to the proposed ocean sanctuary . there's no time to lose. look just for the arctic sunrise. winter is not far away and the ice will soon close in. but it's also

a race against time to protect areas like the way we'll see before it's too late. we'll mccallum, it's a greenpeace campaign leader. way containing full will be the largest take to the area. and i talked to cushion sang chain anerio, the widow said to me about 5 times the size of germany. the proposal is already on the table. it's already got the backing of the scientists are saying we need to protect a 3rd of the wall motion at least if we want to let fish dogs recover, want to mitigate against the worst them climate change and man talk to the great place of song and just know, months time and hope all is australia. the decision will be made by the antarctic ocean commission, the international party responsible for the conservation of these waters on whether to accept this factory proposal. the aim of the expedition is to build the case that it needs to happen. the hours go by and the temperature dropped significantly on the bridge. they're on high alert. we're heading into dangerous waters 10 times

to skip a hulu ziki. you have what they call burglary bits. growler and icebergs depending on the size, but they can all damage ship when you're steaming at night. key thing about ice is avoiding it, but now we're going to look for the ice and we will intentionally go in to some of the ice and there is room down here. now i think to push our way through a bit. here they catch a ball climbs into the crudeness transport leads through the ice. come through the antarctic sound which had a bite since we're not on the web, we'll see, but not yeah, of course we still want to perfect it to get there. we gotta get through all this ice, there's a lot of it around it. we're finding these clear passages trying to we've all way through the i everyone on board is just willing the ship to make it into the

proposed sang tree. the big problem is getting people to realize why they should care about the you know, this is wildlife that most people have never come across will never come across. and so being able to tell us story relies on us getting that and getting the footage back and help talking about the importance of race century. so the fact that fish will only recover if we put these areas off limits. the fact that climate change will be not as bad if we manage to put large areas of the ocean of them. in darkness falls, but there is no rest on the bridge for the captain and the night crew floodlights on the bow show the ship now nudged up quietly against the ice. an intentional maneuver for the remainder of the night. but everyone is keyed up, slight off

ah, the next day long the arctic sunrise has arrived surrounded by some of the coldest, most diverse waters. there are, it was all on board who may yet be the largest protected area on the planet. well, when i get good news, very good news made it, made it to 6 was sitting there now. there's awesome one other ship in this entire space. and you just go over this side and suddenly start getting so tens of of ships, both crews on is cargo ships fishing vessels. the moment you get through this sound as us and another ship about that. and that's it in the whole whole that said slightly scary. yeah, terrify. slip. very exciting as well. exciting and kind of just makes a case that this is christine, this area is not develop is not call industries, never have industry sort of area. that's kind of the most i'm touch even with in

and talk to come. i will not do a front that i get the role. i'm incredible and what we're looking at here as well to yes, the eyes are great. i spoke to the doctor glasses sweeping up. james, ross island. the web will see expense way with this proposed area. really about just talk to like you would, activity was no scientific research is taking place. it is an incredible site, but deeply troubling. 2 glasses have always collapsed and called into the antarctic ocean. however, with global warming that doing so with increasing speed. and as the ice sheets retreat, sea levels rise. this right here is humanities problem for decades,

perhaps centuries ahead. ah, it is laundry day, off at sunrise and his faith. we will for being good citizens by wearing fleeces, which are laid out to recycle plastic, opening bottles and sort of thing. but when you wash the hundreds of thousands of micro fibers end up in the world's oceans. so here on board, it's woollen and natural governments. and of course, pollution in our seas is one of the biggest environmental challenges of our time. and the team makes the most of a rare opportunity for research. some of our mergers was on the planet. they'll be

appalling to data that could be plastic, says in the green pc, conducting experiments, taking samples from the water to see if any micro plastics have infiltrated this environment with fibers that they've been present. so they're both taking some literally fillings draws with. we certainly find that this is very remote or just the way to caesar very close troyer system and there's very few local sources at micro plastic fibers should be coming from. however, evidence of growing around the world studies that micro plastic fibers are extremely related and they all be found even the very remote location. that's a bizarre thing be afloat on these wild and remote and desolate waters, feel quite exposed. mujica gps, a google map and zoomed out. we'd just be

a tiny speck unless you've offered advice water. yet, beneath the surface of this magnificent desolation is just tv with life. and these are some of the remotest waters on her and to see what lies below the expedition submarine is launched on board the antarctic specialist susan lock heart . what she sees is a stunning underwater realm compose of all manner of life. life not yet touched by mankind, but enormously at risk, not least from the effects of industrial scale fishing. it has a 100 percent coverage at this. the thought of organism has a great 3 d structure which allows other reasons to come in, in the past. and a really interesting space is composition. and all these factors make it really difficult for our community to recover after a disturbance such as bottom fishing. we call these areas fundable marine

ecosystems and the estimated $14000.00 species on the sea bed of hon. not just to fishing, but to other threats like warming, c, temperatures and plastics, pollution. and that's why the expeditions all round research so important in the bid to protect these waters. all the scientific data will be compiled to form a body of evidence in support of the site tree proposal and present it to the antarctic commission in less than a year's time. but the team needs to find out more about the growing threats. encroaching on the region. we leave the lonely waters of the weddell sea heading back through the antarctic sound. are they shaped by the routine on board? everyone has different ways of filling sparrows from the tar practice to running repairs. and of course, cooking for all. i was cooking today for the ride and best bag, 24, but he will know the customers are the same every day and we share the life we them

and there's not everybody who has a few like this in their restaurant for the space. that's why we are here. later we had for sure, making land phone on the south shetland islands near the to the antarctic peninsula . it's quite a relief to be back on dry land off base. think really around all over the place. to me welcome. hi colin. the 30th penguins, cher 3 with the seals, one making the most of the comfortable feathers, the melting juveniles. but here to evidence, once again of how the world is closing in on antarctica. the number of terrorists 20 years ago was around 4 to 5000

a year. now it's more like 30000 old like me, desperate to see this wilderness while it's still here. yet despite myself, i can't help the sense of unease and surprise about the sheer numbers. i've been a bit saddened by the great big crew shit there. here in christina, and talked to karen lines, interiors going out. there's dormant volcano, which is ridiculous because it's a free well, but it does just demonstrate the the new accessibility that there is here. and the dangers in these areas becoming tainted by the footprints of humanity. next day was deeming down the west coast of the antarctic peninsula. we are going approximately 60 miles south west to an area called trinity highland,

where we have seen approximately refreshing. we want to go investigate with the vessels off from china, ukraine, in chile, their fishing for crill, a small shrimp like creature on which the whole ecosystem depends. there are keystone of the ocean cycle that die to plant and helping to transfer c o 2 to the depths of the ocean. but colonel is being harvested on a growing scale for fish feet and omega 3 oil ships nets are out. and they're in the thick of the crill swamp. the crill obviously densely packed in this area up against the island is a bite. so just circling round and round to ring them up, amongst at all, all the whales are feeding. you see them blowing and whale tales disappearing. slippers showing buds really about the grill company. say they're chopping into a resort. it is sustainable. but the view on board is that that is what they said

about other species, like the bison in north america, or called stocks of new founded before both were decimated. it's essential areas such as well see, are protected so stopped can replenish the proposal for this area. would put the area 30 kilometers off shore off limits are the fishing industry. so we'd say that that's a solution. you can continue to fish and then talk to caution, but keep it outside of these areas currently being proposal protected areas because the reason being proposed is because i saw importantly ecosystem down here. soon we'll begin the long journey home. but this time to make another landing, and the variety of species here on livingston island is just astounding to like it it it absolutely spectacular. just a lot more diverse,

i mean how into species penguins giant petals elephant seals lentils helix has not been another landing a quite a variety. when you look at this place from the ship, it is gleick and and yet you arrive here is just to be me teaming with us and it's thriving right now. and you can see all around us. it's thriving. who knows what it was like, a 100 is going to pass it was doing even better, but right now it's still compared to most other places on, on. it's doing a lot better on the point of protecting is to allow it to continue in this way. we haven't yet messer's place up. we have the opportunity to protect it. oh, ah, no question that the, the dynamics at this place around how to get. i changing the fur sealed population expanding rapidly. there was

a penguin dial from these last year. the ice is changing, cradle populations are under threat of terrorism. i mean, this is the last great wilderness love. it needs protecting me. it's time to head back. and for 5 days we crossed the stormy seas of the drake passage to south america. before heading home an opportunity to consider the wonder of what we've seen and the challenges that lie ahead them winning the protection of a precious part of our planet. and whether or not his protection would indeed be granted in hoboken in 9 months time. ah, so after months of campaigning and intense lobbying by the greenpeace team,

it all comes out to here. hope all on the island of tasmania. in australia. with the future, the weddell sea, we decided this is where it's all happening. the headquarters of the antarctic commission, the protects and manages the planets, southernmost moses everything from territorial claims to fishing. right at being thrashed out right now by 25 government delegations. historically the departure point for several antarctic expeditions. today. hobart is the place where the fate of the continent hangs in the balance. after our voyage together in antarctica, i hook up again with will. he's been lobbying hard for the weddell sea sanctuary since i last saw him. and the news he brings is unexpected. to say the least, it's not looking great. i think we've seen a rail a bit of a disaster of a meeting to be honest, something and almost really expects a way. i a, we were always in the knowledge there was give me hard. and then what we seen is

a few countries just really undermine the process and i said she blocked any progress on any issue, not just not just the antarctic ocean century, but actually progress in, in any field. good luck. thanks for to shoot in the next 24 hours. goodness great. i'm hoping for the best. perhaps we'll hear some good news to morrow is decision day and the country delegations have been locked in talks. journalists aren't allowed in. so we wait and wait. we have development, something's of just had a cool. so because again, trying to find out what's happening to that is the head of the indian delegation talking to australia coast controllers. what are you saying?

it is kind of the conference every to real respect. wadel superintendent dead in the water is not going to be adopted. it's just not good that that's just devastating. use our comp edge and how how the greenpeace team are free right now to say the other delegations or the other in june. she supported this proposal and just wanted to nations have gotten away from russia and china. lou confirms wills, worst fears, but it's not until much later we can speak to him. he's devoted so much to this project. stairwell nice. i mean, it's a, it's just a complete failure on the behalf of the commission on behalf of, you know, the millions of people sign this petition who wanted this to happen and we've just seen the entire thing. trash. yeah. 22 countries. i for the 25 support it. they

believe this is a good proposal, but china, russia, no, i, you know, one by 13 different means and different reasons have just taken it apart and take turns with on grass. i'm from a personal point of view. you've invested so much time and energy and passion and heart into this inner what's, what's the most horrible, you know, it's been nearly 2 years of us working on it. there. it, i over yet. right. it i know via, you know, there are other good proposals on the table and this proposal in it is still a good one. i and we'll get the chance next year to resubmit it. but something's going to have to shift in the next year. it is intensely disappointing for everybody involved, but it does just demons the challenge we face in protecting this planet of ours, especially in the face of a current climate of nationalist and political self interest. you know, it's not just about the wales and the penguins in the wonder of antarctica. it's

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