Wainwright, Alaska — Stella Anasogak carries her 1-year-old daughter, Audrey Nashoalook, through the streets of Wainwright.
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Wainwright, Alaska — The Inupiat Eskimo village of Wainwright, Alaska, is already showing signs of the coming oil boom as Shell begins its drilling operations off the coast in the Chukchi Sea.
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Wainwright, Alaska — A group of biologists is conducting species surveys in the Chukchi Sea to make a baseline study before Shell's drilling operations near Wainwright.
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Wainwright, Alaska — Carl Anasogak uses a VHF radio to help organize a nighttime rescue of an injured hunter along a river near Wainwright. VHF radio is one of the primary means of communication in this small Inupiat Eskimo community.
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Wainwright, Alaska — From left, biologists Laura Gutierrez, 29, John Rose, 61, and Matt Apling, 30, collect samples for a Shell-funded study of marine life being conducted in the waters around Wainwright.
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Wainwright, Alaska — Oil spill containment boats sit on shore in Wainwright, where workers are being trained to respond in the event of a spill.
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Wainwright, Alaska — Walter Niyakik with caribou meat from a recent hunting expedition.
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Wainwright, Alaska — Rossman Peetook, on his 80th birthday, listens to traditional Inupiat Eskimo singing and drumming during an open house at his grandchildren's school in Wainwright.
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Wainwright, Alaska — Benjamin Ahmaogak Jr. looks into his ice cellar, where he stores whale and caribou meat, part of the subsistence hunting existence of many of the Inupiat Eskimos that live in the largely frozen region.
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Wainwright, Alaska — Karla Phillips, 8, looks out the window of her home on a cold and rainy summer day in the Alaskan village.
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Wainwright, Alaska — Village residents Darren Anasogak, 15, and his cousin Melvin Kagak, 14, play a videogame while Carlen Anasogak crawls on the floor.
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Wainwright, Alaska — Carlen Anasogak gets a push on her bicycle from her mother in their home in Wainwright.
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Wainwright, Alaska — Inupiat Eskimo children play on a trampoline on a summer day in Wainwright.
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Wainwright, Alaska — Meredith Panik, center, and other Inupiat women perform a traditional dance as men sing and play drums nearby.
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Wainwright, Alaska — Inupiat students at Alak High School in Wainwright watch a computer video lesson about their language and culture.
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Wainwright, Alaska — Benjamin Frederic Tagarook, 32, picks wild salmonberries as a new road is being built near the Wainwright shoreline.
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Wainwright, Alaska — A piece of heavy equipment sits on the edge of the tundra on the outskirts of Wainwright, where roads are being built in anticipation of exploratory oil drilling operations off the coast in the Chukchi Sea.
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Wainwright, Alaska — A new road is being constructed in Wainwright.
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Wainwright, Alaska — Minnie Nashoalook, 20, takes a midnight walk on an Arctic summer evening.
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Wainwright, Alaska — The midnight sky has yet to darken fully in Wainwright, where the sun sets late during the summer months.
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