Political Quotes

“The photos were taken from a rooftop looking south and southwest across the lagoon. And it is in the area of the lagoon. The significance of it is, if it is in wilderness, what is a rooftop doing there? The reality is that also within this area is the village Kaktovik, which is in the 1002 area, which is often overlooked. This is the same part of the land, and it shows the village of about 227 people. It shows a radar station, an airport, the ocean, and so forth. It is a pretty harsh environment. Let me show you another contrast, and the contrast is caribou browsing in the Prudhoe Bay area. There is moderate activity. There happens to be a drilling rig in that particular picture. You see a pipeline. The realization is if the caribou are undisturbed and they are not threatened, why do they have a tendency to become used to activity? The point of these two pictures I think shows the contrast that, indeed, we are talking about two different areas.”