Arctic Refuge Resources

Arctic Refuge Aufeis - Luc Mehl

Below is a growing list of resources related to the fight against Oil and Gas Industrialization of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Send additional links to conservation@packraft.org .

Organizations

Alaska Conservation Fund

https://alaskaconservation.org/conservation-issues/arctic/ – excellent up to date summary of the issues

https://vimeo.com/247917667 – good aerial footage of the Brooks Range and tundra with interviews of affected Alaskans

Alaska Wilderness League

http://www.alaskawild.org/places-we-protect/arctic-refuge/ – fact sheets, educator tools, Arctic Refuge animal sheets

https://youtu.be/FXvLh5YdAeo

http://www.alaskawild.org/scholars-for-the-arctic-refuge/ – open letter to Congress

Audubon Society

https://www.audubon.org/conservation/arctic-refuge – fact sheets, talking points, template letter to editor, representative email sender, compelling case for why the Refuge is critical habitat for migratory birds.

EarthJustice

https://earthjustice.org/features/photo-essay-arctic#refuge – excellent photo essay with links to resources

https://earthjustice.org/news/press/2018/trump-administration-prepares-for-lease-sale-in-arctic-national-wildlife-refuge – excellent summary with extended set of quotations from key parties

National Geographic

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/06/arctic-national-wildlife-refuge-america-oil-risk/ – excellent explanation of what is at stake, oil profits and Alaskans, informative map, compelling photographs.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/proof/2017/12/arctic-national-wildlife-refuge-wildlife-photos-anwr-protection/#see-the-arctic-refuge%E2%80%99s-fragile-beauty – Interactive video wildlife imagery, one of the most powerful on the web

Native Alaskans

Gwich’in – http://ourarcticrefuge.org/ – key information site regarding the Arctic Refuge from one of the Alaskan tribes strongly opposed to industrialization of the coastal plain. https://youtu.be/arakNHdLBN8
Video series about Gwich’in:
Part 1: https://youtu.be/50_kse-Uh-g
Part 3: https://youtu.be/FKJO1YyQMmY
Part 4: https://youtu.be/lDU4PkSqWsQ

Inupiaq in Kaktovik – https://www.adn.com/opinions/2017/12/13/those-who-would-open-anwr-do-not-speak-for-kaktovik/

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/12/senate-tax-bill-indigenous-communities/547352/

Natural Resource Defense Council

https://www.nrdc.org/onearth/drilling-tax-cuts-devastating-alaska-provision – good examination of the rational for the drilling provision in the tax cut bill

Outside Magazine

https://www.outsideonline.com/category/arctic-national-wildlife-refuge – link page to Outside articles on the Arctic Refuge

https://www.outsideonline.com/2147566/video-arctic-national-wildlife-refuge-will-help-you-reset – excellent packrafting video regarding the Arctic Refuge

Patagonia

https://youtu.be/A4DH5cK37Y8 – from 2016 but addresses the ongoing issue, good out takes of the opposition and their reasoning

We Are The Arctic

https://www.wearethearctic.org/ – 2016 coalition with focus on compelling videography

https://vimeo.com/173057407

https://vimeo.com/wearethearctic – Video collection

Wilderness Society

http://twtd.wilderness.org/locations/arctic-refuge/ – to wild to drill project

https://wilderness.org/article/why-arctic-national-wildlife-refuge – main site with links to various resources, puts the Arctic Refuge attack in context with other actions by the current administration

https://youtu.be/Ffd6pi-i-Ew – compelling video summary of issues