Additional Research Documentation and Recommendations - Oil & Gas Development within the Arctic Circle

 Here's some additional documentation of research and recommendations concerning Oil and Gas Development within the Arctic Circle for your continued perusal:

Oil Spills in Arctic Waters:  An Introduction and Inventory of Research Activities and USARC Recommendations 
[U. S. Arctic Research Commission (USARC) and U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (USACE-CRREL)]

http://www.arctic.gov/publications/oil_spills_2012.pdf

National Strategy for the Arctic Region
(The White House; May 10, 2013)

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/nat_arctic_strategy.pdf

Circum-Arctic Resource Appraisal:  Estimates of Undiscovered Oil and Gas North of the Arctic Circle (USGS Fact Sheet 2008-3049)

http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2008/3049/fs2008-3049.pdf