THE ARCTIC IS NOW THE PLAYGROUND - OF THE GREEDY - MILLIONS OF ACRES - OPENED UP TO THOSE THAT WANT TO EXPLOIT THE LAND.

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)
was created to save and protect 
our natural resources  - not to contaminate -
and pollute and adversely impact - nature
and the environment - more with oil drilling.

The Arctic is not for the faint of heart - and the Yupik, the Inuit, the Nenets, the Khanty, Evenk - others have taught the world - that human beings can survive and live in conditions - not for the frail of heart.

The Native Tribes have been revered all over the world - but now more than ever - the environment - has been contaminated - more with the drastic changes  - brought by Climate Change.

When anyone mentions the Arctic we think of the polar bear - the moose,  the caribou -reindeer, the large seals - birds that migrate to the area more the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Today the entire Arctic is undergoing drastic changes - the large glacier that once stood tall and majestic - are melting.

The glaciers are melting right before our eyes - those that make their abode - the animals, the birds, the flors - all life - are quickly disappearing from adverse impacts - originating and initiated by human beings - homo sapiens.

Large areas in the Arctic - protective lands - are now declared open for drilling oil.

The largest oil companies Shell, British Petroleum, Philips Conoco and others are moving away from the Arctic -  the statics - show millions of gallons of oil - that once traversed
through the pipelines - moves slowly - due to less production.

 

The smaller oil companies  - more those greedy to the core - are NOT fazed.

Backed by the Senator of Alaska Murkowski - much like her father - and the demons that now make their abode at the White House - are leasing - large tracts of land - for oil drilling - defying environmentalist and more those that have their heart in the right place.

Hundreds of vetted environmental laws have been declared null and void - this present Administration at the White House - is undoing all the good - from past years.

Environmentalist are aghast that the goons living in White House - greed to the core - have no morals, less ethics, and for sure no  - standards.

Orion Oil Permafrost 

The people from the Arctic have character - much like the Native American Tribes - all  the indigenous people from the Arctic and worldwide.

These humans beings one of kind  - have protected millions of acres of land - and in the process kept the balance. 

Taken little and left more for future generations.

Caribou - much like other animals -

move from place to place - 

to graze and provided food -

to the Natives from the Arctic Region -

Climate Change is adversely all life.

The harsh weather toughens those that dare to face the blizzards, the strong winds, the cold air - that can play havoc on any exposed skin.

I have always admired the tribes from the Arctic - even as I have respect for the animals, birds, flora - all life - that speaks so much about the origin of  life.

The Arctic tribes have their own art - totem poles that tell a history - chronologically depicting - the finer points of what the village and leaders - wished to reveal in carvings and other artifacts. More to live a legacy and history.

Not long ago the Native people from the Arctic were invited to see the artifacts of their ancestors - at the Museum in London.

Amazing art, artifacts, clothing, cravings - one of a kind - that amazed the contemporary Native artists from the Arctic -  visiting the Museum in London.

Revealing to these artisans  - how much they have lost - from their homeland.

Foreigners  stealing, hoodwink - trading trinkets like beads  and other material things -  liquor, guns, and ammunition - taking precious artifacts - and many a time - desecrating - the culture and sacredness of the Arctic Native Tribes.

I watched the curators from the museum in London - open large boxes and spread the artifacts - watched the contemporary artists - from the Arctic - shocked and perplexed.

I saw the artists take photographs - admired how skilled their ancestors were - the legacy they left - only for the artifacts to land in museums - in far off lands.

Realizing for the first time - in a strange land  - how much they had to catch up - to contribute the best they have - each in their own way - men and women - and bring honor to their ancestors and the villages. 

Proud of their cultural heritage - the artifacts and sacred mementos - spurred them all - to learn more - and what is important to note - share their experience to the noble people from the Arctic.

The artists were sad - they had hope - and where there is hope - there is progress.

Many of them could not comprehend - how much was plundered - from villages so remote and taken to England.

The French did that too - and so did the travelers of that time - that traded for fur - and gave the Natives - beads, cooking ware, and such things - that the natives had not seen.

History plays out - in many ways - and even though it is painful to witness the sacrilege - the stolen artifacts, the sacred carvings - other symbols that the ancestors would not trade - but were stolen.

The artists realized that looking, touching, and feeling what they do not have at home - could may be - one day - hoping against hope - that much of what they had seen - would eventually may be returned to the land from which much was taken.