Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Children-on-Beach-in-Wainwright-27MZIFVAZIDH.htmlConceptually similarChildren on Beach in WainwrightGP04BGDCompleted★★★★Grocery Store Manager in AlaskaGP04BGPCompleted★★★★Delivering Supplies in AlaskaGP04BGQCompleted★★★★Unloading Groceries in AlaskaGP04BGLCompleted★★★★Local Children in AlaskaGP04BGSCompleted★★★★Shell Base in Wainwright AlaskaGP04BG8Completed★★★★Mayor Election Candidate in AlaskaGP04CRVCompleted★★★★Subsistence Whaling in AlaskaGP04CQICompleted★★★★Wainwright in AlaskaGP04BGZCompleted★★★★View AllGP04BG3Children on Beach in WainwrightLocal 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.Locations:Alaska-Arctic-Arctic Coastal Plain-Chukchi Sea-North America-United States of America-WainwrightDate:16 Oct, 2011Credit:© Rose Sjölander / 70°Maximum size:5532px X 3688pxRestrictions:NO FUNDRAISINGKeywords:Beaches-Children-Coastlines-Cold-Day-Fun-Inupiat-KWCI (GPI)-Landscapes-Oil exploration-Outdoors-Playing (activity)-Primary school age (5-9)-Save the Arctic (campaign title)-Seas-Shell (commercial business)-Two people-WaterShoot:70° North - Arctic Documentation70° North is a multimedia project documenting the impact of climate change and resources exploration in the Arctic.Shell's plans to drill offshore in the Alaskan Arctic in 2012 has divided the native communities who now stand at a crossroads between continued benefits from industry generated revenues and protecting the marine environment they have depended on for thousands of years. Shell's proposed offshore drill site is in the path of the bowhead whale's migration route. Many Inupiat hunters are concerned about Shell's lack of spill response capabilities if licenses are granted to drill offshore in the Arctic's Beaufort and Chukchi seasGreenpeace is campaigning for a global sanctuary to be declared around the uninhabited area of the North Pole to save the Arctic from attempts by oil companies to exploit the region’s resources for short term profit.
