# @natgeo on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CHvZsGKjA_S
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11687462-natgeo-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2020-11-18T17:34:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** National Geographic (@NatGeo) — https://gondola.cc/NatGeo

## Caption

Photos by florianschulzvisuals / The outgoing Trump Administration is moving to complete a last-minute oil lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, as the Interior Department set a process in motion to approve a new seismic survey of nearly half a million acres of the refuge's coastal plain. 

The proposed survey involves hundreds of miles of seismic exploration "trails" that would result from 90,000-pound seismic vehicles crisscrossing the fragile tundra. It would scar the landscape and threaten denning polar bears. Such a proposal typically requires a lengthy environmental review, but the administration appears poised to fast-track the process in order to get seismic testing under way before the Biden Administration takes over. Please follow me florianschulzvisuals for more images of the last great wild places we need to protect for future generations! #ProtectTheArctic

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