Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Gulls-Feast-on-Whale-Remains-in-Alaska-27MZIFVPBO42.htmlConceptually similarGulls Feast on Whale Remains in AlaskaGP04CRICompleted★★★★Gulls Feast on Whale Remains in AlaskaGP04CRYCompleted★★★★Stranded Polar Bears in AlaskaGP04AX1Completed★★★★Whale Carcass in AlaskaGP04B4OCompleted★★★★Stranded Polar Bears in AlaskaGP04AWVCompleted★★★★Arctic Fox in AlaskaGP04B2QCompleted★★★★★★Subsistence Whaling in AlaskaGP04CQXCompleted★★★★Subsistence Whaling in AlaskaGP04CR3Completed★★★★Subsistence Whaling in AlaskaGP04CR4Completed★★★★View AllGP04CRLGulls Feast on Whale Remains in AlaskaGulls move in on what little is left of remains left by the whaling community and scientists from the first whales caught in the Autumn whale hunt. The remains are placed into skip containers and taken out to Point Barrow so polar bears will not be drawn close to the community by the smell and therefore avoid human conflict with the increasing number of stranded polar bears.Locations:Alaska-Arctic-Arctic Coastal Plain-Barrow (Alaska)-North America-United States of AmericaDate:11 Oct, 2011Credit:© Rose Sjölander / 70°Maximum size:4393px X 2928pxRestrictions: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:Day-Eating-Food-Hunting (activity)-KWCI (GPI)-Outdoors-Save the Arctic (campaign title)-Seagulls-Whale meat-Whales-WhalingShoot: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.
