besides an extraordinary bid to create the largest protected

area on a for this special episode of thrice we getting on board the greenpeace ice breaker arctic sunrise. following one of the biggest campaigns in the environmental organizations history witnessing the spectacular by a diverse city. and the many threats to life from climate change to a deficient. as a team of scientists photographers and ocean experts sets out to prove these balls for mobile just must become an antarctic ocean century . before i settled down so 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 being mesmerized by tales of the

golden age of antarctic exploration of the early twentieth century. names of explorers like roald amundsen. well this is where some of those expeditions came to get them ou. he was referring causes hello good to see this is a kind of treasure trove of politics duration. turns out mankind has forever been hooked on the concept of a mysterious continent at the end of the world. this map from the fifteen eighties is the loss of the classical world view this is the world as it would be understood by the ancient greeks and romans still got this great terra australis known to include nita. the unnamed southern land. spin forward three centuries to the time of men like captain scott who died on his return from the south pole. philip shows me sledging matt from that expedition.

this is what they actually used. to place the food that pose for the attempt on the pole. incredible. here we have in reaching the south pole. and then of course the terrible track. back. cut to sculpt idea. does demonstrates how hall it was then and this whole challenge it was that a far cry from today. it's why this period is known as the aerobic cage -- they were truly great heroes up until the nineteen twenties there were probably. less than. i should think fifty or sixty people had actually ever stepped on to the cold -- of course now thousands of getting every year. like many of the old explores i first had for punta arenas in southern chile. but unlike them i'll be flying into and talk. to king george

island at the northern tip. their own join the greenpeace ship the arctic sunrise and head into the weddle see. with luck we'll reach our target the sixty four which marks the northern edge of the proposed station's century and internationally supported marine reserve covering one point eight million square kilometers that would be protected from direct human impact like fishing. oil drilling and deep sea minin. how times have changed immediately it's clear how connected the outer reaches of the antarctic continent to 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 hall? with lunch and if you. seven minutes yeah. yeah [inaudible] for it's a cold murky arrival. surprised at how many people there are around dozens of

coming in getting. your time in antarctica related. no se remote is more of a transport hub you can see lots of turns. data down that taking a ribs out simply will bites out to me hey cruise ships for the holidays. i also have a lot of research stations. the first thing we just very. often to the news to the russia. research is. with the way the closing in we need to get a move on over the next two weeks [inaudible] thank you [inaudible] six well

we're underway immediately heading for the proposed asian century. there's no time to lose not just for the arctic sunrise winter is not far away in the ice will soon close in. about it's also a race against time to protect areas like the way lucy before it's too late. will mccallum is the greenpeace campaign leader way campaigning- for will be the levels largest protected area as an antarctic ocean sanction areas the way it'll say. about five times the size of germany. proposal is already on the table is already got the backing of the scientists are saying we need to take a third of the world's oceans at least. everyone to let fish stocks recover if you want to mitigate against western climate change. and then touch is a great place to start. in october twenty eighteen the thirty six governments responsible for the conservation

of antarctic we'll just we'll consider the well see proposal. the aim of the expedition is to build the case of the century needs to happen. the hours go by and the temperature drops significantly. on the bridge there on high alert. we're heading into dangerous waters. tense times to skip it will resist he you have a what they call bergey betsy growlers and icebergs depending on the size. but they can all damages ship when you're steaming at night. key thing about isis avoiding it but now we're going to look for the ice and we will intentionally go into some of the ice and there is room down here now i think to push our way through a bit. all of us are here for the cause and we were not here for the money we can make a lot more money on another ship you'll se. many passenger ships down here i'm sure paying a lot better. but the money is one thing i get enough to get by but i'm here the same reason as the other people for the because we all get along for some reason i think. of here for the same purpose

[inaudible] for cut to pool climbs into the cruise next transport leads through the ice. come through the ontology sound which kind of by sexy on top of the prints that were not on the web and see but not yes at the point at which they would have protected. the ticket that we go to get through all of his life was a lot of it around. they were finding these clear passages trying to we've always through the ice. everyone on board is just willing the ship to make it into the proposed century. the big problem is getting people to realize why they should care about the talk to you know this is a lot like that most people have never come across will never come across. and so being able to tell that story relies on us getting that relies on us getting the push it back. and and tell tell him on the importance of marine sanctuaries side the fact that fish stocks will only recovery we put these areas of limits the fact that climate change. will be not as bad everyone is

supposed large areas of the ocean. darkness falls but there is no rest on the bridge for the captain and the night crew [inaudible] sure. on the right. flood lights on the blot showed the ship now millage dump quietly against the ice. and intentional maneuver for the remainder of the night but everyone is keyed up. slide off. put this on your own all. the next day at long last the arctic sunrise has arrived surrounded by some of the coldest most diverse waters they're all in mosul on board. may yet be the largest protected area on the planet we will one day. good news very good news. made it made it so successful

parallel was sitting there now. there is a someone of the ship and this entire. space and you just go over the side in the sum so getting so tens of of ships both cruise line is cargo ships fishing vessels. the moment you get through this sound as us that another ship about that and that's it and the whole. all area. that said slightly scary yet terrifying. very exciting as well exciting kind of just makes the case that this is christine this area is not developed his knuckle industries never had industry. sort of area that's kind of the most on touch even within and talk to cover [inaudible] you. we were trying to get rid of a microphone. what we're looking at here is multi yes see i said great iceberg to be called off the

glass is? sweeping up james ross island at the weddle say extends way into distance proposed area. about john talks by human activity. scientific research is taking place. it is an incredible sites but deeply troubling. to classes have always collapse and called into the intoxication however with global warming that doing so with increasing speed. and is the only sheets retreat sea levels rise. this right here is humanity's problem for decades. centuries. but his johnson green peace to tell the world what's going on from the very top of one of the ice but the plan is to broadcast live from within the proposed saying treason. on green pieces face but page via the ship's intermittent internet connection. once shifted in line of sight and we can get the connection up for the live feed. over.

it's the same old story wherever you are in the world trying to get a connection. then their life. three two one hi everyone this is kind of incredible with large streaming from the top of an ice bag in the antarctic ocean specifically in an era of the wendell see that we campaigning to come in and talk take ocean sanctuary. you can't help wondering what scott's in the old explorers would made of this broadcasting from a drifting ice back in the middle of the greats on and said a day of scenic one that ends with the magical show above. and arrest sites with the rays of the setting sun converge on the other side of the world. kind of reverse sunset. antarctica is just spell by --

it is laundry day -- not sunrise and his fate. we were being good citizens by wearing fleeces which is made out of recycled plastic -- from the bottles and sort of thing. but when you wash the hundreds of thousands of my providers end up. in the world's oceans so here on board it's wooden. and not from governments. and of course plastic pollution and aussies is one of the biggest environmental challenges about time. and the team makes the most of a rare opportunity for research. some of our largest rooms is a fun and that'll be. a fully today they can reply success in the green peas to conduct these experiments taking samples for the water. to see if any marker plastics.

have infiltrated. this environment. just send me that missy service. my last fight was that may be present so that both. the fillings draws water. to an extent -- this is very remote what is the way to see is a very close join system. and there's very few local sources of micro. plastic fibers should become involved however evidence is growing around the world some studies that like the plastic for the next. three days and they'll be found the right. location. it is a bizarre fame via flights on these. wild and remote in desolate wars

is. feel quite a space these are the gps the google map and zoomed out six specialist suzanne look hot. what she sees is a stunning underwater realm composed of all manner of life? life not yet touched by mankind bots enormously at risk not least from the effects of industrial scale fishing. it has a 100% coverage of the sea floor of orgisms has a great three d. structure which allows other organisms to come in and if there. and a really interesting species composition i don't these factors make it really difficult for a community to recover after a disturbance such as bottom fishing. we call these areas vulnerable marine ecosystems. and the estimated fourteen thousand species on the sea bed available not just to fishing but to other threats like warming see temperatures and plastics pollution.

and that's why the expeditions will round research is 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 sentry proposal. yeah we'll have to see get out of but the team needs to find out more about the growing threats encroaching on the region. we leave the lonely waters of the weddle c. heading back through the antarctic sound. a day shaped by the routine on board. everyone has different ways of filling spare hours from the top practice to running repairs. of course looking. for i guess. what's cooking today for that it does right and this is the way. when you? look at it with the customers yeah the same every day. and we share the live with them it is not everybody has a view

like this in their restaurant kitchen. that's why we later we had fishel making landfall in the south shetland islands did the two of the antarctic peninsula. it's quite a relief to be back on dry land of placement careening around we'll have the place. to be welcome. hi colin you first. penguin shed territory with the seals one making the most of the comfortable for this the multi juvenile. but he to evidence once a gain of how the world is closing in on antarctica. the number of terrorists twenty years ago it was around four to five thousand a year now it's more like. thirty thousand 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 surprised about the sheer numbers. a bit saddened by the fact there's a great big cruise ship that. aaron pristine antarctic aaron. lines interest going out. is dormant volcano. which is ridiculous because it's a free well. but it does just demonstrate the the new accessibility there is. and the dangers. these there is becoming tainted. by the footprints of humanity. next day was steaming down the west coast of the antarctic peninsula. we are going approximately sixty miles south southwest to an area called in the highlands. where we have seen approximately three fishing vessel we want to investigate? see what they're up. to the vessels are from china

ukraine in chile. the fishing for krill a small shrimp like creature on which the whole ecosystem depends. their keystone of the ocean cycle the doctor clinton helping to transfer a co two to the depths of the ocean. what current is being harvested on a growing scaled fish feet and a good three or? ships nets are out there in the thick of a cruel swore. the crew obviously densely packed in this area the gates the island. is the basic just circling round and round. ring them up. at is amongst the rule the wails of feeding. you see the blowing in whale tails disappearing flip through showing bugs we about. the grill companies say that tapping into a resort that is sustainable. the view on board is that that is what they said about other species like the bison in north america -- called stops off new founded for both with decimated. it's essential areas such as

wendell see all protected so stocks can replenish the proposal for this area would put the area thirty kilometers of show. off limits to the fishing industry so we tell us a solution you can continue to fishing and taught to question but keep it outside of these areas currently being proposed as protected areas because the reason they've been proposed. it's because it's so important for the eco system down him. later the green peace team and a full activism mode. as the vessels transfer that catch an opportunity for the campaign climbers to make a point. a port is attached to an anchor. the campaign is could live inside for several days. but the ship speeds up to the green peace team decides to pull out and cool they cruise back. but the photos had been sent around the world. soon will begin the long journey home but this time to make another landing and the variety of species here on livingston island. is just astounding .

at the first seal population expanding rapidly as a penguin dial from the east last year. hi this is changing. populations are under threat to the region. i mean this is the last great wilderness on a it means protecting. it's time to head back for five days we crossed the stormy seas of the drake passage to south america. an opportunity to consider the wonder of what we've seen and the challenges that lie ahead. in winning the protection of a precious part of our planet. with the elements make you feel insignificant [inaudible]

right. major ways right now. they tell me that this is quite mild [inaudible] their landing. this is where. okay for at the weather just keep rolling. finally we pass into the magellan strange. our expedition eva and learn from his mate in chile. this is my name is oliver i think we've got a long way until see exactly what this one is achieved. i can sort of list of the various things i'm proud that we've done. you know we've got red aerial footage of the little c. century area we've done dives in places where no humans of seeing the pop out of those calls the sea

bed that's one of the the big thing the thing we're trying to is making this place. accessible for people and we can bring the story back into people's living rooms and making the case in as public image accessible way to to really elevate the debate to to where it needs to be. this old building momentum to was getting to a place where it's easy and we don't have to log these huge campaign similar to persuade governments to to put huge areas of the ocean off limits because just common sens. we made the case people have spoken out policies on have a mandate and we just go for it. winning century status for pristine areas like the weddle see takes enormous international commitment. but it's very evident from my time on board the drive and the will exists to make it happen. should give us all

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