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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (1474)	3/6/2002 12:27:31 PM
From: arno	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21057

I spent 5 years working in Prudhoe Bay. The area is 300+/- miles above the Arctic Circle and is frozen 9 months of the year. There are animals and birds, but whether they are impacted is debatable. The biggest impact to birds were the seagulls that hang around the dumpsters feeding as winter approached. As the weather got colder and the days got shorter there would be fewer and fewer. It was too late to fly south and they are not equipped for arctic temperatures. Ravens, however survive the winter. Truly amazing to see one at -50 degrees. The caribou actually sought out the gravel drilling pads in the spring to escape the brutal onslaught of mosquitoes. Besides the caribou, I saw grizzly bears, arctic fox, and a wolverine. Reports of polar bears were frequent, but I didn't see any. I did see a herd of Musk ox from a helicopter. Here's a link to some photos taken in May 2001 in Kuparuk, which is the US second largest oilfield and is adjacent to Prudhoe Bay. prudhoebay.com