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Keywords
Coastlines
Cold
Inupiat
KWCI (GPI)
Local population
Men
Oil (Industry)
Oil exploration
One person
Protective clothing
Save the Arctic (campaign title)
Resident of Kaktovik in Alaska
Kaktovik resident and polar bear guide, Robert Thompson, is concerned for the future. "If things don’t change the polar bears might be extinct in 50 years. They can't catch food on land and are here because of the shrinking sea ice." Thompson also fears that Shell do not have the capability to clean up a spill in Arctic waters. "They don’t have the equipment, they don’t have the people, they don’t even have a coast guard and they certainly do not have the infrastructure. It is an impossible situation,” he says, worried by the fact that no one has ever been able to clean up spilled oil in sea ice conditions. "Less than 10% was recovered in the gulf of Mexico and the conditions here are totally different." adds Thompson.
Restrictions
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.
Unique identifier:
GP04BPO
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
02/10/2011
Locations:
Alaska
,
Arctic
,
Arctic Coastal Plain
,
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)
,
Kaktovik
,
United States of America
Credit line:
© Rose Sjölander / 70°
Ranking:
★★★★ (E)
Containers
Shoot:
70° North - Arctic Documentation
70° 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 seas
Greenpeace 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.
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