Wildlife and oil: a survey of critical issues in Alaska

The world's oil magnates have recently turned their eyes to Siberia, Alaska, Arctic Canada, and the Chukchi and North seas and have invested huge sums in exploration for petroleum in lands scarcely touched by modern technology a decade ago. Throughout the Arctic, serious questions have arisen r...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Polar Record
Main Authors: Weeden, Robert B., Klein, David R.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1971
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Arctic
Canada
Chukchi
Polar Record
Prudhoe Bay
Alaska
Siberia
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400061453
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400061453
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Summary:The world's oil magnates have recently turned their eyes to Siberia, Alaska, Arctic Canada, and the Chukchi and North seas and have invested huge sums in exploration for petroleum in lands scarcely touched by modern technology a decade ago. Throughout the Arctic, serious questions have arisen regarding environmental and cultural by-products of petroleum exploration and development. Perhaps nowhere has there been greater public concern than in Alaska, which has experienced commercial oil production since 1958 near Cook Inlet and which is now working out plans for development of the Prudhoe Bay pool.

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