Permalink: https://www.media.greenpeace.org/archive/Point-Hope-in-Alaska-27MZIFVAVDUE.htmlConceptually similarPeople of Point Hope in AlaskaGP04BQ5Completed★★★★Point Hope Annual Elder's PicnicGP04BQDCompleted★★★★Community Gathering in Point HopeGP046BWCompleted★★★★★★Point Hope in AlaskaGP04BR9Completed★★★★Community Gathering in Point HopeGP046BRCompleted★★★★Community Gathering in Point HopeGP046BVCompleted★★★★Community Gathering in Point HopeGP046BQCompleted★★★★Community Gathering in Point HopeGP046BSCompleted★★★★Community Gathering in Point HopeGP046BTCompleted★★★★★★View AllGP04BQWPoint Hope in AlaskaA man working for a company hired by Shell to install radios in the boats around Point Hope, packs up a truck with charts of the local area. Shell say the radios will improve safety for the hunters, but whaling captains refuse to take them as they see it as a bribe. Only a year after BP's blow out in the Gulf of Mexico, Shell are trying to convince the community of Point Hope that they can deal with an oil spill in Arctic waters, and state they can clean up 95% of any oil spilled in the harsh environment.Locations:Alaska-Arctic-Point HopeDate:20 Sep, 2011Credit:© Rose Sjölander / 70°Maximum size:3777px X 2518pxRestrictions: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:Audio equipment-Day-Inupiat-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-Manual workers-Outdoors-Radios-Save the Arctic (campaign title)-Shell (commercial business)-Three people-TrucksShoot: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.
