Oil spill, August 1944: the CULA expedition and the North Slope Inupiat

ABSTRACT An oil spill that occurred on 21 August 1944 near the Inupiat village of Barrow on Alaska's North Slope provides the focus for a brief history of activity in the face of extreme conditions and the evolving relationship of US Navy personnel and Inupiat natives of the region. The emotion...

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Perkins, Robert A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2014
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Arctic
Inupiat
Polar Record
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247414000011
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247414000011
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Summary:ABSTRACT An oil spill that occurred on 21 August 1944 near the Inupiat village of Barrow on Alaska's North Slope provides the focus for a brief history of activity in the face of extreme conditions and the evolving relationship of US Navy personnel and Inupiat natives of the region. The emotional recollections of an Inupiat elder are contrasted with the growing respect of the navy personnel for the Inupiat. The economic and social effects of oil explorations towards the end of World War II and the early post-war years are briefly discussed. These events form a part of the socio-economic background of current and proposed arctic oil development.

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