© The Greenpeace ship Esperanza anchored in a bay called Gashhamna on the southern side of Hornsund, which is a fjord on the south west coast of Spitsbergen. (c) Nick Cobbing / Greenpeace
© The Esperanza departs from the port of Diego Suarez. The Greenpeace vessel is in North Madagascar embarking on a new campaign in the Indian Ocean. (c) Will Rose / Greenpeace
© The MY Esperanza and a Greenpeace inflatable bear witness to an illegal fishing vessel. Greenpeace is in the Indian Ocean to document and peacefully tackle unsustainable fishing. (c) Will Rose / Greenpeace
© A green sea turtle swims among corals in Raja Ampat sea, West Papua. (c) Awaludinnoer / Greenpeace
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Manta rays are seen in the cold upwellings off Nusa Penida Island, Bali, Indonesia. More and more single use plastics are swept along the coast, as Indonesia struggles to control its addiction to plastics. (c) Paul Hilton / Greenpeace
© Manta rays are seen in the cold upwellings off Nusa Penida Island, Bali, Indonesia. More and more single use plastics are swept along the coast, as Indonesia struggles to control its addiction to plastics. (c) Paul Hilton / Greenpeace
© A pod of Sperm Whales move into a defense line to stop a pod of Orcas (Killer Whales) getting to their calf, off the coast of Sri Lanka. (c) Paul Hilton / Greenpeace
© Salps are found most commonly in warm or equatorial seas, where they float randomly, either alone or in long, stringy colonies. There are about 70 species of salps worldwide. (c) Greenpeace / Gavin Newman
© Blue individual of a soft coral and colony of the bryozoan, moss animal, Myriapora sp. in the middle as well as colonies of an ascidian. This pic made with a 'drop-camera' from the Esperanza, shows a section of the seabed in the Arctic Ocean (ca. 190m). (c) Gavin Newman / Greenpeace
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A Humpback whale breaks the surface as it heads south to Antarctica for the summer. (c) Paul Hilton / Greenpeace
为了保护海洋：从一个极点到另一个极点的探险
April 16, 2019
绿色和平船“埃斯佩兰萨”号展开为期一年的远征为了保护公海，绿色和平船“埃斯佩兰萨”号于2019年4月15日在伦敦出发，进行为期一年的考察
为期一年的从北极到南极的探险。绿色和平活动人士与海洋科学家一起探索受到工业捕捞、塑料废物、石油勘探和深海采矿威胁的海洋区域。
“我们的探险将揭示公海的秘密和威胁，绿色和平组织的海洋生物学家克里斯蒂安·布绍 (Christian Bussau) 表示：“我们很高兴支持世界领先专家的研究，并开创建立保护区网络的方法。”这一旅程将于 2020 年春季在联合国 (UN) 结束。纽约，将讨论一项具有法律约束力的公海保护条约。
离开泰晤士河后，“埃斯佩兰萨”号驶向北极。随后前往大西洋地质活跃的深海区域“失落之城”、马尾藻海、亚马逊礁和西南非洲海岸的深海山脉“维玛山”，探险最终到达南极。许多物种丰富的栖息地都属于绿色和平组织为最近的研究建模的必要保护区网络 -
我们报道了。绿色和平组织和英国大学的海洋研究人员呼吁保护至少三分之一的公海免受人类干预。到目前为止，只有大约百分之一的公海受到保护。绿色和平系统将生物多样性丰富的栖息地和迁徙物种的路线连接起来：鲸鱼、海龟或信天翁等许多海洋动物在繁殖地和觅食地之间长途跋涉。
公海从离岸 200 英里处开始，覆盖了近一半的海洋地球表面。到目前为止，这里基本上是一个没有法律的地区，“自助服务”没有国界：拖网渔船队在海洋中穿行，每年有多达 30 万头鲸鱼和海豚因兼捕而死亡。许多商业开发的物种面临灭绝的危险，而开发自然资源的许可证正在威胁着未开发的海洋区域。布绍说：“大多数人只从飞机上看到公海，那是无限广阔、深蓝色的空虚。通过这次探险，我们让海洋表面以下的东西可见：一个充满丰富资源的迷人水下世界。”和多样性。”