Alaska Dispatch News article published April 6, 2015
Greenpeace climbs, sets up camp on Shell’s Arctic drilling rig
Protesters with the environmentalist group Greenpeace on Monday intercepted and climbed a Royal Dutch Shell drill rig in the Pacific Ocean to protest the company’s plans to drill in Alaska’s Arctic.
According to a release from Greenpeace, six activists launched from the vessel Esperanza and boarded the rig around dawn Monday in the Pacific Ocean, more than 700 miles northwest of Hawaii. The drill rig, the Polar Pioneer, is one of two vessels contracted by Shell in advance of a possible 2015 drilling season. The Polar Pioneer is meant to stand by in Dutch Harbor as a backup to the other drill ship, the Noble Discoverer.
Greenpeace initially reported that the six protesters “dodged jets of water” as they attempted to board the rig, but later said that the team had met no resistance.
“They have supplies to last for several days and are equipped with technology which will allow them to communicate with supporters around the world in real-time, despite being hundreds of miles from land,” Greenpeace said.
Shell said the Greenpeace action was a dangerous stunt.
“We can confirm that protestors from Greenpeace have illegally boarded the Polar Pioneer, under contract to Shell, jeopardizing not only the safety of the crew on board, but the protestors themselves,” said a Shell statement released by the company’s Alaska spokeswoman, Megan Baldino. “Shell has met with organizations and individuals who oppose energy exploration offshore Alaska. We respect their views and value the dialogue. We will not, however, condone the illegal tactics employed by Greenpeace. Nor will we allow these stunts to distract from preparations underway to execute a safe and responsible exploration program.”
Greenpeace has made a show in recent years of highly public protests connected through social media, including climbing The Shard skyscraper in London and boarding an offshore drill rig in Russia, which led to a lengthy detention of the 30 Greenpeace activists involved in that protest.
It promoted the Shell boarding on social media, too, including Twitter:
In early 2012, Shell won an injunction against Greenpeace to keep protesters away from its Arctic-bound rigs. That injunction came in the wake of a protest in New Zealand that saw Greenpeace protesters — including actress Lucy Lawless, of “Xena: Warrior Princess” fame — scale the derrick of the Noble Discoverer and stay there for three days.
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Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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