Oil versus caribou in the Arctic: the great debate
Abstract In Alaska, development interests are pitted against conservationists on the question of whether the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge shall be opened to oil exploration. The area in question lies close to Prudhoe Bay's enormous reserves of petroleum and natural gas....
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247400008718 2024-03-03T08:40:53+00:00 Oil versus caribou in the Arctic: the great debate Sheldon, Jerome F. 1988 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400008718 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400008718 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 24, issue 149, page 95-100 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 1988 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400008718 2024-02-08T08:44:01Z Abstract In Alaska, development interests are pitted against conservationists on the question of whether the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge shall be opened to oil exploration. The area in question lies close to Prudhoe Bay's enormous reserves of petroleum and natural gas. It is also the primary calving ground for the Porcupine caribou herd of some 180,000 animals, and the public debate centres on how this herd, that migrates between Alaska and Canada, would be affected. The decision on opening the Arctic coastal plain to development will rest with the US Congress. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Polar Record Alaska Cambridge University Press Arctic Canada Polar Record 24 149 95 100 |
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Abstract In Alaska, development interests are pitted against conservationists on the question of whether the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge shall be opened to oil exploration. The area in question lies close to Prudhoe Bay's enormous reserves of petroleum and natural gas. It is also the primary calving ground for the Porcupine caribou herd of some 180,000 animals, and the public debate centres on how this herd, that migrates between Alaska and Canada, would be affected. The decision on opening the Arctic coastal plain to development will rest with the US Congress. |
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