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Title:
The Eskimo and the oil man : the battle at the top of the world for America's future / Bob Reiss.
Author:
Reiss, Bob.
Publication Information:
New York : Business Plus, 2012.
Call Number:
HD9567 .A4 R45 2012
Abstract:
"The Arctic century is upon us. A great jockeying for power and influence has erupted among nations in the high north. At stake are trillions of dollars in profit or loss, US security, geopolitical influence and the fate of a fragile environment as well as the region's traditional people. As the ice melts and oil companies venture north, the polar regions may become the next Panama Canal, the next Arabian Peninsula-places on earth that remain relatively unknown in one century and become pivotal in the next. Now Shell oil plans to sink exploratory wells in the pristine waters off the North Slope of Alaska--a site that the company believes contains three times as much oil as the Gulf of Mexico. The Eskimo and the Oil Man tells this story through the eyes of two men, one an Įupiat Eskimo leader on Alaska's North Slope, the other the head of Shell Oil's Alaska venture."--Jacket.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781455525249

9780892960767
Physical Description:
vii, 305 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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Contents:
The argument, April 2010 -- The big thaw, May -- Edward's dilemma, June -- Pete Slaiby's challenge, July -- Aboard Coast Guard icebreaker Healy, August -- The Arctic opens for business, September -- Alaska, Washington and big oil, September -- Russia moves in, October -- Caught in the middle, November -- The frustration mounts, December -- Winter in Barrow, January 2011 -- What Norway can teach the US [i.e., United States], January -- A bittesweet goodbye, February -- Conclusion: The real enemy.
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