Arctic Oil Drilling

Due to high oil prices and foreign oil concerns, the United States has been provoked to look elsewhere for oil. One possible supply of domestic oil presents itself in Alaska, and the United States Congress has questioned if they should drill into the Area 1002 sector of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. If Congress decides to drill into this controversial area, much of the fragile and sensitive ecosystems will be destroyed.
First and foremost, the six ecosystems present in this refuge make it the most diverse in the circumpolar arctic. …