Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Fairbanks-to-Alaska-27MZIFVAVOR6.htmlConceptually similarPoint Hope Annual Elder's PicnicGP04BQ9Completed★★★★Fairbanks to AlaskaGP04BQPCompleted★★★★Point Hope Annual Elder's PicnicGP04BQDCompleted★★★★People of Point Hope in AlaskaGP04BQJCompleted★★★★Community Gathering in Point HopeGP046BOCompleted★★★★Community Gathering in Point HopeGP046BPCompleted★★★★★★Community Gathering in Point HopeGP046BSCompleted★★★★Community Gathering in Point HopeGP046BTCompleted★★★★★★Community Gathering in Point HopeGP046BWCompleted★★★★★★View AllGP04BQKFairbanks to AlaskaA BP (British Petroleum) beach bag and fleece blanket is one of the top pickings in the lottery this day at the Point Hope annual elder's picnic. The oil company BP are sponsors of the elder’s picnic with prizes for the raffle. As part owner of Trans Alaska pipeline BP will benefit from offshore oil being pumped through their infrastructure.Locations:Alaska-Arctic-Point HopeDate:16 Sep, 2011Credit:© Rose Sjölander / 70°Maximum size:4038px X 2692pxRestrictions:Ok for Greenpeace use and for approved external Greenpeace campaign related use. Contact the photographer directly or Greenpeace UK (photo.uk@greenpeace.org) for any other external licensing or sales.Keywords:British Petroleum (BP)-Community gatherings-Elderly-Indoors-Inupiat-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-Logos-Save the Arctic (campaign title)-TraditionsShoot: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.
