Alaska’s Division of Oil and Gas has issued a permit to Polar LNG for geophysical and geotechnical surveying along the Chukchi Sea coast north of Wainwright. The company has not stated a purpose for the surveying beyond an intent to obtain “data regarding subsurface soil, rock and permafrost conditions in the offshore areas, including material classification, ice content, soil salinity and thermal...
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