Understand the Arctic before exploiting it
Friday, September 18, 2009 - 08:21
in Earth & Climate
America's Arctic has long been a place of myth and dream, where the Inupiat Eskimos have thrived, explorers endured and artists found inspiration. While competing visions of the Arctic have clashed in the past, we are now on a collision course between industrial development and the unspoiled environment that has supported Alaska Natives' traditional culture.
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