Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Flying-Wainwright-to-Barrow-in-Alaska-27MZIFVADYQJ.htmlConceptually similarFlying into Barrow in AlaskaGP04BGTCompleted★★★★Unloading Groceries in AlaskaGP04BGLCompleted★★★★Children on Beach in WainwrightGP04BGDCompleted★★★★Children on Beach in WainwrightGP04BG3Completed★★★★Delivering Supplies in AlaskaGP04BGQCompleted★★★★Local Children in AlaskaGP04BGSCompleted★★★★Inupiat Whale Hunting in AlaskaGP04CR2Completed★★★★Plane to Wainwright in AlaskaGP04BGUCompleted★★★★Search and Rescue Team in AlaskaGP04BGVCompleted★★★★View AllGP04BGNFlying Wainwright to Barrow in AlaskaA woman and a boy wait in a small local plane soon leaving to Barrow, the largest city of the North Slope Borough and the northernmost city in the United States. The Inupiat people have relatives and employment in the other villages in northern Alaska and travel between is extremely expensive.Locations:Alaska-Arctic-Arctic Coastal Plain-North America-United States of America-WainwrightDate:17 Oct, 2011Credit:© Rose Sjölander / 70°Maximum size:3488px X 2325pxRestrictions:NO FUNDRAISINGKeywords:Aeroplanes-Children-Eye contact-Faces-Flying-Green-Inupiat-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-People-Preschoolers (2-4)-Save the Arctic (campaign title)-Transportation-Women-YellowShoot: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.