Greenpeace victories: Antarctica.

The Antarctic is the only continent which remains relatively untouched by humans. 
Certainly, today it wouldn't be like this if things had ended in a different way almost 23 years ago... 

In the 1980s the Antarctic was threatened by commercial exploitation: it seems that under rocks and ice there is oil and mineral deposits and companies wanted to start prospecting. 
In reaction to that, the MV Greenpeace in 1987 moored in the Antarctic and stayed there until 1991. They monitored pollution from near bases run by the US and New Zealand and shed light on construction work that involved dynamiting the habitats of nesting penguins. 

In the seven years of this campaign, Greenpeace has gone from being considered as an outsider to a respected player in negotiations for the future of the continent. It earned the support of global personalities such as Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, Jacques Cousteau and Ted Turner. 
International negotiations were routinely accompanied by Greenpeace demonstrations. 

So, Antarctica became a symbol for international cooperation and for the responsible treatment of the planet, underlining an old Greenpeace belief: nothing is impossible.