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...missed the whole point: the arctic ecosystem is full of life (including Eskimos) but is so vulnerable to pollution that the North Slope threatens to become a classic example of man's mindless destruction. The intense cold impedes nature's ability to heal itself; tire marks made in the tundra 25 years ago are still plainly visible. What most worries ecologists, in fact, is man's blindness to his own utter dependency on all ecosystems, such as oceans, coastal estuaries, forests and grasslands. Those ecosystems constitute the biosphere, a vast web of interacting organisms and processes that form the rhythmic...
Moreover, to build roads, camps or airstrips, a gravel foundation must be laid over the tundra. But scooping thousands of cubic yards of gravel out of the nearby hills will cause devastating new erosion. An alternate solution-getting the gravel from river bottoms -poses yet another problem. The future of migratory fish like salmon, which lay their eggs in stream bottoms, will be endangered. In short, the fabulous oil strike might turn the tundra into a nightmarish wasteland...
Last week part of that treasure produced a scene reminiscent of the land-rush days of the old West. At stake was not land or gold, but oil-an estimated 5 billion to 10 billion barrels -that lies below the tundra of Alaska's North Slope. Gathered in a concrete auditorium in Anchorage, executives of 50 oil companies bid for the right to explore for oil along a 140-mile coastal stretch of state-owned land. When the bidding ended, Alaska was richer by $862,297,961.05-more than has been mined in yellow gold in the past...
Steam Screen. The great Alaska oil rush has been building momentum ever since January 1968, when an Atlantic Richfield Co. drilling crew struck pay dirt 8,700 feet below the tundra at Prudhoe Bay, on the Arctic Coast. Since then, 22 drilling rigs have been brought in, and their crews have sought to duplicate that feat, often working in minus 65° weather and braving 100-m.p.h. winds. The land that they explored was open range until last week's sale of leases, and maintaining secrecy was as important as keeping warm. Companies hired helicopters to spy on competitors...