As a surfer who has spent the past 6 years dedicated to clean remote…

JUL 23 2026 · 12:00

As a surfer who has spent the past 6 years dedicated to clean remote Arctic coastline of marine litter, hearing that we might start deep-sea mining one of Earth’s last untouched ecosystems, is absolutely heartbreaking. Right now, governments are meeting in Jamaica to decide what happens next. But one Canadian tech company didn’t want to wait for the UN process: they decided to apply for US permits offered by the Trump administration last year. In May this year their application to explore 120.000 square kilometers of sea floor got certified - which is crazy!! Many legal experts and governments believe this would violate internationa