The oil company is proposing exploratory drilling and seismic testing beyond the borders of its Willow project, in areas home to caribou and other wildlife that provide sustenance for Alaska Natives.

By Nicholas Kusnetz

When she was younger, Rosemary Ahtuangaruak used to camp for weeks at a time with family at their allotment near Teshekpuk Lake, on Alaska’s North Slope. Her uncle would pick her up from work, she said, with the snowmobile fired up and ready to bring her to the array of lakes and wetlands that many describe as one of the nation’s great wilderness areas.

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