Kaktovik News

MMS approves Beaufort Sea 2010 drilling if permitting requirements met Alan Bailey On Oct.

The Obama administration has given conditional approval to Shell Oil's plan to explore two leases in the Beaufort Sea next summer and fall, federal regulators said Monday.

We pass the "bone pile" a ' the place where the unused remains of Native-caught bowhead whales are left a ' as we arc around a sandy point and into the adjacent lagoon.

FEAST: Captains host parties as community shares in the catch. Published: September 27th, 2009 10:01 PM Last Modified: September 27th, 2009 10:34 PM Barrow whalers landed four bowheads Saturday to launch a promising fall hunt after what the borough mayor is calling a "terrible" spring season.

Master Sgt. Rob Gingery, superintendent of the Alaska Radar System, shows visiting Kaktovik children around the interior of the massive dome of the Barter Island radar site.