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Emacia emaciated nanook are wandering into tune. whale scraps are the next best thing. but skinny, hungry polar bears are not the only warning sign up here, that's the airport. and they are moving it away from the coast due in part to sea level rise. they're seeing more and more freakish rainstorms in the winter and blizzards in the summer, but, at the same time, all the modern creature comforts in the town from the clinic to the school were paid for with oil money. and with the promise of fresh millions for their native corporation, most of the folks here are eager to tap into the one product...

And donald trump. are you a fan of president trump? >> yeah, he does good things. he does bad things. i'm grateful that he got that bill passed. >> reporter: december's tax cut bill also opened the arctic refuge to drilling and the government is now moving fast to lease 8,000 acres on this coastal plain. this is where the last caribou give birth, a place of life and beauty made all the more fragile by a staggering rise in arctic temperatures. do you believe in climate change? you think it exists? >> there is a cooling and there is a heating. the icecaps were going to melt. they were going to b...

Known as a wildlife guy who carries a revolver just in case the skinny polar bear gets grouchy. >> this guy is more powerful than dirty harry. >> reporter: is that right? he points out that the arctic slope regional corporation is worth billions thanks to royalties from other drilling sites. but the wealth does not trickle down. and his neighbors here believe that tapping the refuge will finally bring the wealth and respect they deserve. there are a lot of people in chicago or dallas or iowa who believe this is their land, too. it is a national wildlife refuge, like a national park. >> yeah. >...

The issue has become. >> think about what is going to happen to this land if there's an oil spill and the response that's going to come along with it. >> thank you for that message. may i ask where you are from? >> reporter: that loaded question and attention in the room shows how much resentment there is for outsiders who want to protect the ref yunugerefuge. and to those along the coast, the environmental arrivals include the tribe up in the mountains fiercely opposed to drilling. >> so they partner with the oil companies. we have told them our position. our culture, our spirituality, our tr...

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