EXPLOITATION OF OIL IN THE NORTH POLE 

IS A THREAT TO THE ECOSYSTEM?

  Environmental organizations warn of the dangers of a possible oil spill in that area, which has a very sensitive ecosystem. According to a U.S. government report. UU., Oil accident in the Chukotka Sea, off the coast of Alaska, could release a huge amount of oil, a catastrophe whose dimensions far outweigh the capabilities that the industry has to combat its devastating effects.  In late April, Greenpeace activists occupied an oil rig near the city of Istanbul to be transported to Greenland to conduct test excavations in the deep sea commissioned by Scottish company Cairn Energy Plc.

Research on ecosystem problems

Now it gets a lot more attention to investigate the region prior to increased economic exploitation, said the expert, adding that it is necessary to thoroughly investigate the ecosystem in which they are carried such enterprises. "We need to better understand the mechanism of the seas and the environment, critical baseline data to address potential oil spills and other problems in the Arctic waters," he explains.

The Arctic is overheated twice the speed with which it does the rest of the planet, and every time it becomes less likely that the research will be keep up with the exploitation of the resources of that region.

Aqqualuk Greenlandic Lyng is the president of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, warning that there consider sustainability in the exploitation of the Arctic. Lynge criticized the speed at which development proceeds, and says it is doubtful that actually provided the technological capabilities to drill in Arctic waters without affecting sea lions and whales that live there.

The exploitation of oil radically affect the ecosystem

The signing of the Agreement on Cooperation in Aviation, Maritime Search and Rescue in the Arctic is not sufficient to ensure security by expanding the extraction and transportation of oil in the region, says Frida Bengtsson, Norwegian offices of Greenpeace: "In my opinion, it is the greatest immediate threat to the arctic ecosystem, "he says. The oil combustion also implies that long-term pollutes the atmosphere, which would accentuate the effects of climate change.

Faced with a possible bad result against assessments Investigation Department of the Interior U.S. and be aware that their platforms are broken and no longer came to be repaired in time to drill this year, Shell management did the only I could: pull the plug before it was pulled by them.

So what does this mean for the Arctic? This means another year for indigenous communities to fish and hunt and live off the land, without fear of an impending disaster. A year for the narwhals can swim in the pristine waters. For polar bears and their cubs can live freely.