Saturday, August 9, 2025

Eye on the Arctic

Issues affecting circumpolar nations

The Frontier Discoverer drilling rig shown at Dutch Harbor, Alaska, in 2007. Shell Oil announced Monday it will seek permission to drill two wells in the Beaufort Sea off Alaska

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