Baked Alaska

Synopsis: Temperatures in Alaska, America’s coldest, richest State, are rising ten times faster than in the rest of the world. President Bush ignored the warning signs. He pulled out of Kyoto and wants to open a wildlife refuge for oil drilling. Native Alaskans are divided: The Inupiat Eskimos want the jobs and the money, but the Gwitchin Indians fear it will destroy their reindeer. Alaska is rich from oil. But each barrel sent south comes back as damage to the delicate balance of Arctic life and the tiny island of Shishmaref is being rapidly eroded by ever stormier seas.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2004
Year of production: 2003
Subjects: Environmental science; Geography
Keywords: Alaska; economic geography; global warming; United States of America

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