Following a dramtic full-day climb, Greenpeace released this statement late Thursday:

And the Telegraph newspaper tweeted this photo:

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Six women activists from Greenpeace on Thursday scaled Britain’s tallest building, known as the Shard for its ice-like design, in a dramatic protest against the fossil fuel industry’s ongoing plans to drill for oil and gas in the Arctic.

Greenpeace providied ongiong voice-over commentary over a live video stream as people around the world watched the climbers make their way up the side of the 310 meter skyscraper.

In a statement put out before their attempt, the six climbers explain why their fight against Shell’s plans to drill in the Arctic is so important:

Follow the events on the Greenpeace/UK Twitter feed:

Tweets by @GreenpeaceUK

And responding to the action, Guardian environmental chief Damian Carrington says the daredevil climbers “look sane compared the dash to the pole for oil and gas” by the fossil fuel industry, writing:

The group of climbers released this photo of themselves before beginning their climb:

And respondents all over the world were tweeting with the hashtag #iceclimb to show their support:

Tweets about “#iceclimb”

Watch their ascent here:

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