Greenpeace boards 2 drill rigs in Arctic protest

By Mark Lewis

Published May 27, 2014 4:00pm ET

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Greenpeace boards 2 drill rigs in Arctic protest — This image made available by environmental organization Greenpeace shows activists boarding a rig contracted by Russia's Gazprom in the port of IJmuiden, Netherlands, on Tuesday, May 27, 2014. Greenpeace said 30 activists in the Dutch port of IJmuiden on Tuesday boarded a rig contracted by Russia's Gazprom to drill in the Pechora Sea. Greenpeace said they were removed after five hours. (AP Photo/Bas Beentjes, Greenpeace) NO ARCHIVE | Bas Beentjes

STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — Greenpeace activists boarded a drilling rig hundreds of miles offshore Norway and another in the Netherlands in a protest Tuesday against oil and gas exploration in Arctic waters.

Juha Aromaa, a spokesman for the environmental group, said 15 activists boarded a rig operated by Norwegian energy company Statoil about 109 miles (175 kilometers) off the Bear Island nature reserve early Tuesday without encountering any resistance from the onboard crew.

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