A Journey to Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is one of the most remote places on earth. The tundra plain also holds one of the last great deposits of crude oil in North America. If oil development goes forward in the Refuge, it could affect caribou and polar bears. But drilling would also reshape the lives of people who live and travel in the Arctic.

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Right: Canyons of ice on Alaska's Hulahula River.

Left: Cloud vista in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

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For more information, visit the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge website.