Members of the European Parliament have passed a resolution to promote the protection of the Arctic environment. This is huge step forward for Greenpeace campaign.

The resolution calls for a conservation area in the waters around the North Pole. It also stresses the need for an agreement in the Arctic Council to prevent pollution from oil drilling (something which, astonishingly, the council currently doesn't have) and calls for a ban on industrial fishing.

Just two years ago, nobody was demanding a protected sanctuary around the North Pole.