OIL ON ICE Connects
the fate of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to critical decisions about energy policy.

Directed by Dale Djerassi and Bo Boudart
A Dale Djerassi/Bo Boudart Production in association with Lobitos Creek
Ranch
Executive Producer: Steve Michelson
Editor: Rhonda Collins
Narrated by Peter Coyote


"A critically important and timely documentary" Amity Doolittle, PhD, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies

OIL ON ICE is a vivid, compelling and comprehensive documentary connecting the fate of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to decisions America makes
about energy policy, transportation choices, and other seemingly unrelated matters. Caught in the balance are the culture and livelihood of the
Gwich'in Athabascan Indians and Inupiat Eskimos and the migratory wildlife in this fragile ecosystem.

OIL ON ICE exposes the risks of oil extraction in this extreme environment. What happens if another oil spill occurs on the coastal plain or under an
ice-covered Beaufort Sea? How can one rationalize development of irreplaceable wilderness areas or ignore the cultural survival of indigenous
populations? Already, Eskimo residents and leaders of the North Slope Borough are criticizing the impacts of oil development to their lands and
seas. Gwich'in Indian residents of Arctic Village, on the southern boundary of the Arctic Wildlife Refuge, fear their community's caribou hunting will
be severely impacted by oil development in the Refuge.

OIL ON ICE also examines the effects that improved fuel efficiency standards for vehicles and development of alternative sources of energy will have on
this nation's oil consumption. The issue of oil extraction from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge brings into sharp focus the broader debate over
energy conservation vs. unbridled consumption. It also dramatizes the choice between technologies based on fossil fuels and those that draw upon
renewable, efficient, and non-polluting energy resources.