Pristine, my foot. Reminds me of Feb. 1978, annual Vulcan service practice at Todendorf, Germany. That's what the frickin' Baltic looked like, as 20mm bullets were bouncing off the damn ice.
I've never been so cold in my life...hated the entire experience.
Drill!!! Drill!!! Then drill some more!!!
>>>>I’d be willing to bet that once the pipeline’s in, caribou and polar bears will be flocking to the warmth those pipelines provide.<<<<<
Dead-on correct.
More great ANWR and related photos here, on this very informative site:
I’ve been to Alaska (one month camping) and it is a magnificent state. I even camped on the shores of downtown Valdez and it was beautiful.
But above Fairbanks, Alaska becomes unforgiving. Permafrost turns the road leading north to the Arctic Circle into a carnival roller coaster. Oil supply rigs are charging up your tailpipe at 50/60 MPH (as you struggle at 30 to stay on the road). Temps in August were 90+F. The mosquitos and gnats were incredibly annoying. The four hours of nighttime was most disconcerting.
I don’t see your average Appalachian Mountain Club enviro-weenie having a “good time” in ANWR unless they enjoy sweating, swarms of mosquitos, trudging through the tundra muck, and etc.
It is not the White Mountains or the Wyoming and Colorado Rockies.