Russian Antarctic vessel docks in South Africa as green groups protest

Several members of the Extinction Rebellion environmental group held banners reading "Hands off Antarctica" as the polar explorer ship Akademik Alexander Karpinsky arrived as scheduled in Cape Town's port during the morning.

Earlier this week, several dozen protesters from Greenpeace and Extinction Rebellion demonstrated at the port, saying the ship's seismic surveys in the Antarctic were a threat to marine life in the area and violated a 1958 international agreement. A 1998 amendment to the 55-nation Antarctic Treaty, to which both Russia and South Africa are signatories, prohibits all mineral explorations and extractions in the region.

RosGeo, the state-owned Russian exploration company that operates the Akademik Alexander Karpinsky, says it has been conducting research in Russia's designated part of Antarctica since 1970 to explore for hydrocarbons. According to RosGeo's website, the hydrocarbon potential of the designated area is estimated at approximately 70 billion tonnes.Extinction Rebellion representative Cassie Goodman told Reuters that South Africa's government was being complicit in environmental damage by allowing the Russian ship to dock.President Cyril Ramaphosa's government has friendly relations with Russia. South Africa says it is impartial on the Ukraine conflict and has abstained from voting on U.N.

Why should they protest? Doesn't SA have the right to host Russia's warship?

I hate green groups. It was them who made people shift to Natural gas, shutting down Nuclear plants, and look what they done ! They don't care about the results.

Green groups are useless

Antarctica needs to melt ASAP so we can get our hands on all the natural history under there.

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When do green groups not protest?

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