Pros And Cons Of Fracking On North Slope

I have recently become aware of the possibility of fracking on the North Slope, and I

would like to share with you the reasons why I am opposed to this. First, I should

share with you that I have lived in this community for over seventeen years, and my

family has been here for over four generations, and we are involved with

subsistence activities, so the well-being of the environment is crucial to our very

survival.

Fracking contaminates drinking water around the fracking site. The towns on the

North Slope are rural, so if the water were to be contaminated then we’d probably

die. Don’t fracking kill us.

The animals we hunt such as: Caribou, Geese, Whales, and fish, will be

drinking/breathing the contaminated water. Wildlife that people