Caribou Migration 1 Flashcards
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Born in Calcutta
Subhankar Banerjee
Studied electrical engineering in India before moving to the US to complete a master’s degree in physics and computer science at New Mexico State University
Subhankar Banerjee
What career did Banerjee begin with
Career in science, working first for the Los Alamos National Laboratory and then for the Boeing Company
What club did Banerjee join while living in New Mexico
the Sierra Club
What did Banerjee begin doing while living in New Mexico
He began hiking in the mountains bringing along a camera and studying photography as a hobby
What was the major transition that turned Banerjee’s career towards the visual arts
Banerjee visited Churchill in northern Manitoba, Canada to take pics of polar bears and there were many others there to do that too. He had a desire to see polar bears in the wild untrammeled by tourism or industry
Described Banerjee’s career transition
Scholar Finis Dunaway
What did Banerjee do after quitting his job at Boeing
He cashed out his retirement savings and traveled to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska
How long did Banerjee spend at the ANWR
14 months
When was ANWR established
1960
How big did ANWR get
It doubled in size and comprised nearly of 20 million acres
What portion of the ANWR maintains ecological protection
The vast majority of the inland territory of the ANWR is ecologically protected, while a small strip along the Beaufort Sea does not maintain the same level of protection
What did the discovery of oil in the coastal plain trigger
Decades-long political battles over whether the land should be environmentally protected or drilled for oil
Campaigned on a pro-drilling platform along with advocated attempted to initiate drilling in the ANWR
President George W. Bush
An advocate for President Bush to initiate drilling in the ANWR
Alaska’s Senator Frank Murkowski
Pros on drilling
Potential economic impact, contending it could create new jobs and lower the price of oil for consumers, and it could make the US less reliant on foreign oil
What did opponents of drilling say
They expressed concern about the environmental repercussions of drilling in terms of its impact on the ecosystems as well as on Indigenous people in the area and argued that the US should find other ways to become less reliant on fossil fuels
Where did Banerjee publish many of his photographs to
The book “Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Seasons of Life and Land”
“Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Seasons of Life and Land” includes tests contributed by
Environmentalists
“Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Seasons of Life and Land” caught the attention of
Curators at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
What did the curators at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History arrange
An exhibition of Banerjee’s arctic photographs to open in spring 2003
When did the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History want to open an exhibition of Banerjee’s arctic photographs
Spring 2003
During a debate on the U.S. Senate floor, what topic was being discussed that involved the ANWR
drilling in ANWR
What did Senator Barbara Boxer do in the debate about drilling in the ANWR on the Senate floor
held up a copy of Banerjee’s book during the debate
