Local children, Mary and Ryanne, play on the beach outside Wainwright where the proposed Shell pipeline is set to come onshore (lease 193). Grocery store manager Josef Ahmaogak is surprised that the traditional knowledge of the Inupiat people never shows up in reports. “Their science always goes first, but we know our surroundings better than anyone. Different organisations and the oil industry have listened to us, but what we say is never told on printed paper,” says Ahmaogak.