Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Local-Youth-in-Alaska-27MZIFVAZ9KN.htmlConceptually similarLocal Youth in AlaskaGP04BGKCompleted★★★★Basketball Court in AlaskaGP04BH0Completed★★★★Wainwright in AlaskaGP04BGCCompleted★★★★Wainwright in AlaskaGP04BGMCompleted★★★★Wainwright in AlaskaGP04BGZCompleted★★★★Unloading Groceries in AlaskaGP04BGLCompleted★★★★Flying into Barrow in AlaskaGP04BGTCompleted★★★★Local Children in AlaskaGP04BGSCompleted★★★★Painted Waste Container in AlaskaGP04BGYCompleted★★★★View AllGP04BGFLocal Youth in AlaskaAmy, Molly, Ada, Nathan, Bobo and Jay Jay walk around the streets of Wainwright looking for entertainment outside the sporting season. Sport is a lifeline for the youth of the North Slope. Basketball is hugely popular here with each city competing against each other in state championships.Locations:Alaska-Arctic-Arctic Coastal Plain-North America-United States of America-WainwrightDate:17 Oct, 2011Credit:© Rose Sjölander / 70°Maximum size:5110px X 3406pxRestrictions: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:Cars-Children-Cold-Houses-Inupiat-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-Medium group of people-Night-Outdoors-Overhead power lines-Save the Arctic (campaign title)-Snow-Urban areasShoot: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.
