How the prospect of oil drilling in Alaska’s Arctic refuge is dividing North Slope residents
Kaktovik is the village nearest proposed drilling areas in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. It's residents are almost evenly split over whether or not they support oil exploration there.
April 25, 2019
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KAKTOVIK, Alaska — The sun had yet to rise in the remote Arctic in northeastern Alaska but tourists in search of polar bears were already boarding small boats setting off from a frozen beach.
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