The northern part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge between the Brooks Range and the Arctic Ocean is a large flat area. This is where the Porcupine caribou give birth to their young. Good for them that the oil and gas leases in “Area 1002” have been...
The now decommissioned oil platform “Polar Pioneer” in the Chukchi Sea. Drilling in the area was abandoned in 2015 because not enough recoverable oil was found. Photo: Mark Fink, Shell The Dutch mineral oil giant Shell plans to drill for oil in the Arctic...