The United States uses the most amount of fossil fuels per capita on the planet. I was fortunate enough to be sent on assignment to photograph the migration of a group of caribou known as the Porcupine herd, which at its largest was 180,000 animals strong. They migrate through the Arctic Refuge's 20 million acres and use the coastal plains as calving grounds each summer. After spending 18 days in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge I returned in complete awe and wonder that a place such as that still exists . We owe it to the animals, the people, and ourselves to preserve it.
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