© 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
為了保護海洋：從一個極點到另一個極點的探險
April 16, 2019
綠色和平船「埃斯佩蘭薩號」展開為期一年的遠徵為了保護公海，綠色和平船「埃斯佩蘭薩號」於2019年4月15日在倫敦出發，進行為期一年的考察
為期一年的從北極到南極的探險。綠色和平活動人士與海洋科學家一起探索受到工業捕撈、塑膠廢物、石油勘探和深海採礦威脅的海洋區域。
「我們的探險將揭示公海的秘密和威脅，綠色和平組織的海洋生物學家克里斯蒂安·布紹(Christian Bussau) 表示：「我們很高興支持世界領先專家的研究，並開創建立保護區網絡的方法。」這段旅程將於2020 年春季在聯合國(UN) 結束。紐約，將討論一項具有法律約束力的公海保護條約。
離開泰晤士河後，「埃斯佩蘭薩號」駛向北極。隨後在大西洋地質活躍的深海區域「失落之城」、馬尾藻海、亞馬遜礁和西南非洲海岸的深海山脈「維瑪山」進行考察，最後到達南極洲。許多物種豐富的棲息地都屬於綠色和平組織為最近的研究建模的必要保護區網絡 -
我們報道了。綠色和平組織和英國大學的海洋研究人員呼籲保護至少三分之一的公海免受人類幹預。到目前為止，只有大約百分之一的公海受到保護。綠色和平系統將生物多樣性豐富的棲息地和遷徙物種的路線連接起來：鯨魚、海龜或信天翁等許多海洋動物在繁殖地和覓食地之間長途跋涉。
公海從離岸200 英里處開始，覆蓋了近一半的海洋地球表面。到目前為止，這裡基本上是一個沒有法律的地區，「自助服務」沒有界限：拖網漁船隊在海洋中穿行，每年有多達 30 萬頭鯨魚和海豚因兼捕而死亡。許多商業開發的物種面臨滅絕的危險，而開發自然資源的許可證正在威脅未開發的海洋區域。布紹說：「大多數人只從飛機上看到公海，那是無限廣闊、深藍色的空虛。透過這次探險，我們讓海洋表面以下的東西可見：一個充滿豐富資源的迷人水下世界。 」和多樣性。」