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Than the western or central caribou where the plain can be 80, 130 miles wide. here it is 10 to 30 miles wide. again, 35,000 calves in a two week period. they don t have displacement habitat that s the qualitative difference with the caribou to the west. scientists tell us they are incredibly vulnerable to development and climate change. you are right, i represent conservation groups like the alaska wilderness league and native groups and in the past with the peeps on the south eye of the brooks range. they are vigorously opposed for those human rights reasons to drilling in the arctic refuge. there are other native i m sorry go ahead. greta: i m running out of time and i have so many questions. the fact that there have not been any spills in the prudhoe bay other or leaks or anything, is that comforting to you or is that not relevant to you at all? ....
Golf, do what he does this is a national security need. this is that link between security and our own domestic development. i think it is inexcuseable our president won t come up here and look at it. greta: next our america special continues. you just saw anwr from the air. coming up, you will see from it the ground. more with the palins is next. then the other side of the drilling argument. is drilling for oil in anwr a terrible mistake that will destroy the environment? we report, you decide. later, you meet an extraordinary woman who lives a life like no ones. she lavis len near the arctic ocean in the winter she faces 24 hours of darkness. you are going to north alaska, coming up. a while back, toyota invented hybrid synergy drive. ....
50s. yet, that land hasn t been touched since. in 1960, even more oil was discovered. anwr was created huge unit, 20 million acres set aside for wilderness, refuge and in 1980 expanded for oil and gas development at the top of anwr. we have a huge swath of land, 20 million acres in one unit, 19 million in another unit that have been proven to hold oil and gas haven t got to tap em yet. greta: west is prudhoe bay. that s the oil discovered in 1967, which is where you worked. the pipeline was created, beginning in the early 70s. it started flowing 1977. 10 years after the discovery, yes. greta: alaska has a lot of ....
It was a hunting grounds. in the 60s, 70s they found natural gas. in 68 the discovery well came in prudhoe bay, natural gas capped off and forgotten about. 20, 21 years ago seismic work and anybody that wanted to do work out here they put in installation in. when i came in the process of purchasing it, if you base your economy on a migratory animal, you probably won t be in business long. i m venturing out knew eco tourism, making the out into eco tourism, making the camp more eco-friendly. greta: how far are we from anwr? 12 miles. to the east is anwr. greta: where are you from originally? chicago. greta: how long have you been up here? this location, seven years, ....
They have the guts, the wherewithal, the s to want to get up here and see it for themselves. then not have to make a political decision on whether it is like anwr should be developed or not or more production to allow more of the pipeline flow to take place. they wanted to see. a lot of the naysayers have never been here. they believe these bogus phony extreme environmentalist, fundraiser pictures of what anwr is about. that s why we are going today so we can show america what it really looks like. greta: who is the biggest opponent in the congress of drilling in anwr? the extreme politicians on the left who want to buy into those extreme environmentalists who claim there s no way you can responsibly develop a plot of land set aside for oil and gas development this is the poster child, anwr is. the fundraiser for ....