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Keywords
Aerial view
Boreal forests
Climate (campaign title)
Deforestation
Energy
Forests (campaign title)
KWCI (GPI)
Mines
Oil exploration
Outdoors
Pollution
Seismic testing
Tar sands
Toxic waste
Seismic Line in Alberta Tar Sands
Aerial view of seismic lines and a tar sands mine in the Boreal forest north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta.
Unique identifier:
GP026O2
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
20/07/2009
Locations:
Alberta
,
Canada
,
Fort McMurray
,
North America
Credit line:
© Jiri Rezac / Greenpeace
Ranking:
★★★★★★★ (A)
Containers
Shoot:
Tar Sands & Boreal Forest - Alberta (2 of 3)
Buried below the Boreal Forest of northern Alberta is 3rd largest proven reserve of oil known as the tar sands. Deposits of tar sands are spread out over 138 000 km2 of land (an area the size of Florida) and including 4.3 million hectares of the Boreal Forest. Tar sands are solid at room temperature so it requires more energy and water to extract this oil, making them one of the dirtiest oils on the planet.
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