Shell's First Arctic Drilling Rig Has Arrived in Washington Waters. What, Exactly, Is This Thing?

Shell's First Arctic Drilling Rig Has Arrived in Washington Waters. What, Exactly, Is This Thing?by Sydney BrownstoneThe sun hadn't yet come up when three Greenpeace military-style inflatable boats motored into the whitecapped swells of the Strait of Juan de Fuca on the morning of April 17. One carried a media-ready flag, "The People vs. Shell." Behind them, cars full of kayak-ready protesters—some who had traveled several hours from Seattle on urgent notice the prior day—pulled up n