U.S. House Panel Passes Reconciliation Bill Safeguarding Arctic Reserve from Drilling On Thursday, the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources passed legislation that will go into a wider budget reconciliation package that includes restoring protections for a pristine Arctic wildlife refuge from oil and gas drilling.
Comment: Arctic Cruise tourism and Polar bear encounters Frigg Jørgensen, executive director of AECO (Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators), comment on the recent and very unfortunate incident in Svalbard where a polar bear was killed in self-defense after attacking a man from a cruise vessel.
