Arctic refuge snow conditions are even worse for tundra travel than previously reported

A new report found that two-thirds of the refuge had no snow or not enough to travel on.

By Yereth Rosen September 5, 2019
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If energy companies bring drilling rigs and other industrial equipment to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s coastal plain, it will be difficult for them to avoid harming the tundra as they search for oil, new research from University of Alaska Fairbanks shows.

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