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Why It Costs So Much To Drill In The Arctic

KUOW | By Allie Ferguson
Published September 28, 2015 at 2:51 PM AKDT
The drilling rig Kulluk was grounded in 2013 after efforts by U.S. Coast Guard and tug vessel crews to move the vessel to a safe harbor during a winter storm during a tow from Dutch Harbor, Alaska, to Everett, Wash.
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The drilling rig Kulluk was grounded in 2013 after efforts by U.S. Coast Guard and tug vessel crews to move the vessel to a safe harbor during a winter storm during a tow from Dutch Harbor, Alaska, to Everett, Wash.

Ross Reynolds talks to New York Times reporter Steven Myers about why we haven't seen the arctic oil boom everyone predicted.
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