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Places in Danger: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Nestled between the Brooks Range Mountains and the shores of the Beaufort Sea in remote northeast Alaska, the narrow coastal plain of the Arctic Refuge is the biological heart of this untamed wilderness. The Refuge contains the greatest diversity of animal life of any conservation area in the circumpolar region. But Big Oil, supported by the Bush administration and pro-drilling advocates in Congress, continues to concoct schemes to open the Arctic Refuge to oil and gas drilling- despite indisputable proof that oil drilling irreparably damages the fragile tundra and its wildlife. Up to Top HOME | Email Signup | About Us | Contact Us | Terms of Use | © 2008 Sierra Club