island at the northern tip here all join the greenpeace ship the arctic sunrise and head into the weddell sea with luck will reach our target the sixty fourth parallel which marks the northern edge of the proposed station signed three an 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 mining. 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 half with lunch and if you. want to. be in the out. there for fun. it's a cold murky arrival i'm surprised at how many people there are around dozens are coming in going to hear you know king george island and downscale related business like that they don't. look so remote as more of transport a. you can see lots of tears. taking ribs out to inflatable boats out to meet a cruise ship for the holidays i also hear a lot of research stations. both fir

getting bigger all the time most of the ross sea is already protected the german government backs greenpeace's campaign to establish another protected area in the weddell c. it would become the largest ocean sanctuary in the world. some sports news now the world cup in russia is just around the corner germany have now finished their training camp in italy confident they have done the necessary groundwork for a successful turn it despite losing last week's friendly against austria the same is now back in germany for a final match against saudi arabia which the real work begins. cracking weather a laid back atmosphere and simple ball drills the perfect end to germany's world cup training camp it's certainly good enough for the world cup's record goal scorer now a coach miroslav klose says he's happy with the team's progress. and he and i think we've trained well in this and we have to make sure we achieve the same things we did four years ago it's and that means developing a positive team spirit pushing each other and training with an intensity that's enough to challenge even the established players. so going on. for. a few weeks ago it was unthinkable b