The Nature of Things

Arctic Oil (20x7)

Date de diffusion: Déc 05, 1979

This report on oil exploration in the Canadian Arctic examines the technological and environmental problems associated with drilling in the Far North. It also focuses on how and where decisions about northern development are made. Among those interviewed are Jake Epp, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development; Environment Minister John Fraser; and Mr. Justice Thomas Berger, author of a 1977 report on the Mackenzie Valley pipeline.