While tight-roping on tussock heads in a bog off the Chandalar River, two companions and I heard a waterfall. Strange. Looking through binoculars, we saw a knee-high fountain of clear water in the tundra. The flow was as thick as your leg. We squished over to investigate. The three of us had never seen water […]
Anchorage, Alaska – Following weeks of demonstrations in Seattle protesting Royal Dutch Shell’s Arctic Drilling program, Anchorage residents gathered on the corner of Northern Lights and Minnesota at a local Shell gas station to join the international chorus speaking out about the controversial oil exploration in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas. A 30ft long banner […]
Washington, D.C. – A panel of Alaskan witnesses testified Tuesday before the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy & Minerals Resources to discuss the future of Arctic offshore energy development and recent regulatory decisions by the Obama Administration that would significantly harm development in the region. The oversight hearing, titled “Arctic Resources and American Competitiveness,” […]
In an odd turn of events in the nation’s capitol, Alaska’s Senator Murkowski, who has been an outspoken supporter, and has even led the fight for new icebreakers, voted against an amendment proposed by Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois to add $940 million to the Defense Spending Bill to acquire an icebreaker. Murkowski has made […]