These days, the frontiers of oil exploration include the waters north of Alaska.
Nobody knows how much energy is hidden beneath the Arctic waves. But oil companies want to find out.
A federal court blocked Royal Dutch Shell proposal to drill for oil in the Beaufort Sea, above Alaska's northern coast.
But the company is still trying. And its story tells you a lot about the forces shaping the Arctic's future.
Melting Arctic Paves Way for More Oil Exploration
The Arctic is already melting. Ironically, it allows for more exploration of oil, which, when discovered, extracted, and used, will add to the carbon dioxide already melting ice in the North.
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