Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge covers 19 million acres of forests, mountains, wetlands, tundra, and wild rivers. It is the second largest wildlife refuge in the United States. The refuge ... a wide variety of marine mammals that migrate to the Beaufort Sea, off the cost of the refuge, during the summertime (Big Oil Q & A). Drilling for oil in the Arctic's very delicate ecosystem would cause irreversible damage upon the wildlife and would bring no substantial amount of oil in return. These damages far outweigh ... the need for oil in the U...

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