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Artic National Wildlife Refuge ::ANWR::

Artic National Wildlife Refuge ::ANWR::. By: Stephanie Barthelette. ANWR. In Alaska’s northeast corner, the ANWR is 19.6-million-acres of remote land…. Location. Southernmost Latitude: 53.0N Westernmost Longitude: 180.0W Northernmost Latitude: 74.0N Easternmost Longitude: 130.0W.

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Artic National Wildlife Refuge ::ANWR::

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  1. Artic National Wildlife Refuge::ANWR:: By: Stephanie Barthelette

  2. ANWR • In Alaska’s northeast corner, the ANWR is 19.6-million-acres of remote land…

  3. Location Southernmost Latitude: 53.0NWesternmost Longitude: 180.0WNorthernmost Latitude: 74.0NEasternmost Longitude: 130.0W • It is comprised of tundra as well as marshes, lagoons and rivers situated between the rugged foothills of the Brooks Range and the wide, icy waters of the Beaufort Sea. 

  4. The Coastal Plain

  5. Wildlife • The ANWR is inhabited by 45 species of land and marine mammals, ranging from the pygmy shrew to the bowhead whale. Some of the well-known are the polar, grizzly, and black bear; wolf, wolverine, Dall sheep, moose, muskox, and the animal that has come to symbolize the area's wildness, the free-roaming caribou. Thirty-six species of fish occur in Arctic Refuge waters, and 180 species of birds have been observed on the refuge.

  6. First Main Point.. • 1. How much land would be considered for Exploration? Only the 1.5 million acres or 8% on the northern coast of ANWR is being considered for development.

  7. Second Main Point… • 2.How much oil is there? Studies of the ANWR coastal plain indicate it may contain between 600 million and 9.2 billion barrels of recoverable oil.

  8. .You Decide. POSSIBLE PROS… *Jobs will be created *Income for Alaska & Federal Government *Oil production which will help U.S. problems *No known environmental damage *No known damage that will hurt the animals POSSIBLE CONS… *Possibility of hurting environment *Possibility of hurting the animals *Maybe not as much oil as expected *Money lost, no gain

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