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DVD

Alaska Gold : a war of the resources : the fish or the mine?

Author

Ken Levis

Call Number

  • DVD 333.956 A3234 (CEN)

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Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Reporter, Blaine Harden.

Publication Information

[Boston] : WGBH Educational Foundation : PBS Distribution, c2012.

Physical Description

1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Frontline travels to Alaska to probe the fault lines of a growing battle between those who depend on the Bristol Bay region of southwest Alaska, home to the last great wild Sockeye salmon fishery in the world for a living, the mining companies who are pushing to extract enormous amounts of mineral deposits, estimated to be worth some $300 billion, and the political framework that will ultimately decide the outcome.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally broadcast on PBS in 2012 as an episode of the television series Frontline.

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