Protesters spend 6 hours suspended from Shell ship in Bellingham harbor

Two activists spent about six hours Friday suspended from the anchor chain of a Royal Dutch Shell support ship docked in Bellingham to protest the petroleum giant’s plans to drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean.
The protesters sitting in cloth slings attached themselves around 3:30 a.m. to the anchor chain of the American Trader at the Bellingham harbor. A spokeswoman for the group said they were comfortable, in good spirits and excited to be there.