Nuiqsut News

' Nuiqsut resident Rosemary Ahtuangaruak was in Washington last week for the short-lived debate in the U.S. Senate about climate change legislation.

Hoping to learn more about the oil-bearing formations of its offshore Nikaitchuq unit, Eni Petroleum plans to shoot a 3-D seismic survey this summer in the Beaufort Sea.

Did you feel it? Report shaking and damage at your location. You can also view a map displaying accumulated data from your report and others. via USGS Earthquakes

By now, most of us have heard about how oil and gas drilling does a number on ecosystems. via Mother Jones

A man allegedly set a Nenana house on fire following an argument with his girlfriend, according to court documents. via Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

“It looks like the bowhead whale population is doing well and can support this kind of activity.”

Members of a whaling crew stood next to a bowhead whale they caught on Sept. 13, 2006, near Nuiqsut, Alaska. via Seattle Times

“And we've got girls going on to college. Probably a few more girls than boys right now. The girls seem to be a little freer to do that and the boys usually jump right into business with their families.”

Hillman and his wife, Maxine, have a total of 36 years in education. She is a retired school secretary who began working alongside her husband when the couple moved to Alaska from Idaho 23 years ago. via Homer News

“I've been all over the world, but there's no place like East Tennessee”

While most nurses are considered heroes for the unselfish work they perform for their patients, Cindy Thompson, director of the emergency department and intensive care and cardiac care units at ... via Citizen Tribune

“The erosion has been going so fast, it just kind of broke open last year”

Published: January 18th, 2008 06:46 PM Last Modified: January 18th, 2008 06:50 PM In some of Alaska's most isolated spots, toxic waste and old community dumps are eroding into the ocean or rivers.The military ... via Anchorage Daily News

In the early darkness of the Arctic winter evening, lights at ConocoPhilips' Alpine oil field glow bright orange. via Anchorage Press

“A 15-well program is planned for 2008, consisting of disposal, injection and production wells, with first oil sales from Oooguruk expected midyear.”

OFFSH0RE DEVELOPMENT: First oil sales are expected to begin about midyear. Petroleum News Published: December 27th, 2007 12:49 AM Last Modified: December 27th, 2007 03:23 AM Pioneer Natural Resources said ... via Anchorage Daily News

Published: December 1, 2007 Last Modified: December 1, 2007 at 02:07 AM POPULATION: 2 LOCATION: Offshore in the Beaufort Sea, east of Nuiqsut, in the northern waters of Alaska. via Anchorage Daily News

Here is an annual mid-November report on some dark and cold locations in the far north. via Nevada Appeal

“A day of work in September is worth two or three in October”

The biggest project on the North Slope this winter is a small island nearly six miles offshore in the Beaufort Sea. via Fairbanks Daily Newsminer