So when I had this opportunity to work on a film for FRONTLINE, I pitched this idea and I knew I wanted to go out to Alaska Native villages along the Bering Sea coastline and the Chukchi Sea.

The rig, the Kulluk, had been used for Shell’s exploration in the Beaufort Sea, the portion of the Arctic Ocean east of Point Barrow. Shell used a separate drill ship in the Chukchi Sea ...

The rig, the Kulluk, had been used for Shell’s exploration in the Beaufort Sea, the portion of the Arctic Ocean east of Point Barrow. Shell used a separate drill ship in the Chukchi Sea ...