Case Study: Trans-Alaskan Pipeline:
cost more then 8 billion to raise
pipeline in order to not effect migration
of wildlife. Also they have specially built
it in the shape of ZIG-ZAG line in order
to reduce expansion and contraction
created by the heat of the oil. Therefore
preventing it sinking into the floor
Housing
Houses would be required to be
built in high grounds
Seasonal
Unemployment
Tourism Industry, it is
usually populated in the
winter season
Social
Transportation &
Navigation
- Arctic Ocean’s northern sea route navigable for
around 100 days in the summer, but frozen for
the other 8 months in the year. - In summer,
routes must cross the waterlogged land and
roads can be impassable. -Rivers are used by
barges in summer, but navigation is difficult due
to flooding from snowmelt and large sandbanks
that develop. - In winter, the frozen rivers are
used as ice roads for trucks, yet there are risks
of going through the ice of hitting obstacles.
Food Supply
High Cost, and
Limited Resources
Lost of
Traditions
Case Study: Nenets, Siberia
Environmentnal
Might endanger
wildlife
Changes in Food Chain
Animals no longer hunt for
food but would search for
food in rubbish