Shell seeks to drill in Arctic seas...

Interesting article here about Shell's proposals to drill for oil in the Arctic, despite the current situation in the Gulf of Mexico... A nice extra little "golden nugget" for those of you doing GEOG1 on Friday! :)

Year 12 - Work for Miss Taylor

Hopefully you are all doing plenty of research about oil in the Arctic, ready to debate the issue in the lesson on the first Monday back. You also need to be emailing Miss Taylor a response to the question "Can the production of oil in Alaska be sustainable?" - at least 300 words - by Friday next week.

A reminder of the links that Miss Taylor gave you. However, this is not an exhaustive list - if you find others, use them (and let us know!). Also check back to older posts on here from when I've taught this in previous years.

http://www.alyeska-pipe.com/Default.asp

http://www.anwr.org/

http://www.govspot.com/issues/anwr.htm

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg12316773.400-alaska-has-its-fill-of-oil.html

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18401-alaska-faces-exxon-valdez-cleanup-conundrum.html

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/oil-spill-devastates-alaska

http://www.brighthub.com/environment/renewable-energy/articles/9274.aspx

New battle over Arctic oil plans

This news story from Thursday about the plans for huge expansion of oil and gas drilling in the Arctic will be of interest to both AS and A2 geographers as you will all be looking at Cold Environments later this year.

Well worth a look at the video clip of David Shukman flying over Prudhoe Bay as well...

On the theme of exploitation of Arctic "resources", the controversy over Greenland's whaling continues...