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 asian century 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 alps like that 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 downscaling made it seem. like they don't. look so remote as more of a transport. you can see lots of turds. taking ribs out to inflatable boats out to meet cruise ships for the holidays i also hear a lot of research stations. with the weather c

away and the ice will soon close in but it's also a race against time to protect areas like the weddell sea before it's too late will mccallum it's a greenpeace campaign leader we campaign for will be the love world's largest protected area as an antarctic ocean sanction an area of the bottle say to be about five 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 third of the world's oceans at least every one to let fish stocks recover if you want to mitigate against the worst impacts of climate change and man thought is a great place to start in just nine months time in hobart australia a decision will be made by the antarctic ocean commission the international body responsible for the conservation of these waters and whether to accept the sentry proposal the aim of the expedition is to build the case that it needs to happen. yeah go by and the temperature drops significantly. on the bridge they're on high alert we're heading into dangerous waters tense times to skip a pool ruzicka you have what the

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 a day shaped by the routine on board. everyone has different ways of feeling sparrows from the top practice to running repairs of course looking for old guys and they get what's cooking today but they do it right and best evidence that when you have that somebody will know the customers yeah the same every day and we share that with them it is not everybody who has a few like this in their restaurant critics but that's why we are here. later we had for sure making landfall on the south set the night and the tip of the antarctic peninsula. it's quite a relief to be back on dry land off but it's been careening around all over the place to me welcome high colinear facets. penguin shared territory with the seals one making the most of the comfortable feathers the multi juveniles. but here too evidence once again of how the world is closing in on i talked to cut the number of terrorists twenty years ago it was around four to five thousand a year now

all comes down to here how about on the island of tasmania in australia with the future of the weddell sea we've decided. this is where it's all happening the headquarters of the antarctic commission that protects and manages the planet's southernmost waters. everything from territorial claims to fishing rights are being thrashed out right now by twenty five 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 a voyage together in antarctica i hook up again with will he's been lobbying hard for the weddell sea sentry since i last saw him in the news he brings his unexpected to say the least it's not looking great i think we've seen a real. a bit of a disaster of a meeting to be honest something that noma's really expect they were i we were always in the knowledge that was going to be hard and then what we've seen is a few countries just really undermine the process and essentially block any progress on any issue not just not just the antarctic ocean sanctuary but actua

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faulty yes sea ice in great icebergs to be our last is sweeping up james russell island at the weddell seaspent way to this proposed area already about just touched by human activity always scientific research is taking place it is an incredible site but deeply troubling to classes have always collapsed and carved into the antarctic ocean however with global warming they're doing so with increasing speed and as the ice sheets retreat sea levels rise. this right here is humanity's problem for decades perhaps centuries ahead. it is laundry day off at sunrise and here's the thing we all think of being good citizens by wearing fleeces which is made out of recycled plastic also bottles that sort of thing. but when you watch the. hundreds of thousands of microfiber is end up in the well the oceans so here are important it wouldn't and not for go. and of course plastic 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. these are some of the largest rules of the planet there could be a ploy to do they cou

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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 a day shaped by the routine on board. everyone has different ways of filling sparrows from the top practice to running repairs of course looking for old guys and. let's get what's cooking today but they do it right and best evidence that when you have that somebody when the customers yeah the same every day. we share that with them it is not everybody who has a year like this in their restaurant pretties but that's why we are here. later we had for sure making landfall on the south set the night ins with the to be on top to an inch you know. it's quite a relief to be back on dry land off but it's been careening around all over the place to me welcome hi colinear facets. penguins shared territory 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 i talked to cut the number of tourists twenty years ago it was around forty five thousand a year now