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ANWR and the coastal plain
1960
Northeast Alaska
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Nineteen million acres, and a coastal plain that is both the calving ground of the Porcupine caribou herd and a prospective oil field. The Gwich'in have opposed drilling for forty years. The Inupiat of Kaktovik, inside the refuge, are largely for it.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
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