A small group of environmentalists waving placards gathered at the harbour in Cape Town on Sunday chanting 'No more fossil fuels, hands off Antarctica! No more war!'
“We believe that exploitation will be happening next,” said Extinction Rebellion spokeswoman Jacqui Tooke.
“We saw the ship come into port at 8:41 on Saturday morning,” Extinction Rebellion climate campaigner Cassi Goodman said on Sunday.Mineral exploitation is banned in Antarctica, and RosGeo has denied allegations that the firm is engaged in the exploration of the icy continent’s mineral resources. South Africa has resisted taking sides over the war, which has triggered sweeping Western sanctions against Moscow and attempts to isolate it diplomatically.SA-Russia bilateral talks criticised amid war crime investigation
A vessel tracking app located the Akademik Aleksandr Karpinskiy in Cape Town’s port on Sunday and shows that it left St. Petersburg on Christmas day last year.“This ship has used Cape Town as a launchpad for these Antarctica missions for over 20 years,” Greenpeace campaigner Elaine Nills told AFP on Sunday.
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