Shell’s Frontier Discoverer—The Next BP Deepwater Horizon
May 21, 2010
As BP's oil continues to spew unabated into the Gulf of Mexico, Shell is pushing forward with plans for exploratory drilling off Alaska's arctic coast. If Shell gets its way, exploratory drilling will begin as early as July in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas—home to many distinctive Arctic species, as well as communities who have relied on these animals and the environment for their culture and subsistence for millenia.
