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Chris Lien in ANWR: All the info you need...

Hey everybody,

It’s a pretty busy time right now at the Chris Lien for Congress office but I’m doing my best to keep everybody updated and up to speed on what’s going on with Chris’s trip to ANWR. The flight is leaving today and Chris should be in Alaska by this evening if all goes according to schedule.

For now, I’ve got Chris’s travel itinerary and schedule of events for the trip, which I’ll be putting at the end of this blog post. Chris has asked me to share with all of you the same information we’ll be sharing with the press and media, so that’s the plan here on my end.

It’s going to be a busy four days here, but, if I do my job, you should have plenty of information coming your way through text, photo, and video updates from Chris up in ANWR. So check in constantly as we should have a pretty steady stream of info for you here.

Any questions, e-mail me at mike@chrislienforcongress.com and I’ll be happy to answer them. This trip is going to be an unbelievable learning experience for Chris as he looks for solutions to this nation’s gas and energy crisis. Hopefully you can learn as much from it as he will.

Here’s Chris’s travel itinerary and I’ll also be adding an image of the proposed drilling area of ANWR, which is worth giving a look:

July 14

Travel Day (Arrive in Anchorage at 5:00pm)

July 15
04:30 a.m. - Wake-up
06:00 - Take off from Anchorage
07:00 - Land in Fairbanks
08:00 - Take off for Arctic  (90mins+ flight)
10:00 – 12:00
Arrive at Kaktovik and drive to Native Village of Kaktovik (NVK) offices
Meeting with Village elders and Mayor
Tour town and cross channel of water to the mainland
12:00 p.m. - Take off for Prudhoe
12:50 - Arrival Prudhoe
13:00 - Tour existing drilling sites
16:30 - Return to camp

July 16
06:00 - Wake up
10:00 - Talk with oil field workers and conduct telephone interviews
with South Dakota Press
10:30 - Board aircraft for Barrow
12:00 - Arrive in Barrow
Meeting with former Mayor of North Slope, North Slope Borough Wildlife
officials, as well as a possible meeting with Mayor George Ahmaogak
and Oliver Leavitt of Arctic Slope Regional Corp
16:00 - Take off for Fairbanks
18:00 - Arrive in Fairbanks
20:05 Departure from Fairbanks

July 17
07:00-09:00 - Working breakfast with briefing on ANWR politics and
environment, question and answer session, and possible teleconference
with the Mayor of Anchorage.
10:30-12:00 - Press Conference at hotel
12:00 - Transport to restaurant for lunch
14:00 – Telephone interviews with South Dakota press
16:00 - Prepare for departures and fly back to South Dakota (Arrive in
Rapid City at 10am MDT)

 

Check back soon for more info!

-Campaign Mike

Searching For Solutions: ANWR

Hey everybody! Hopefully you had a chance to check out some of the video action from our 4th of July Weekend activities. If you didn't, make sure you take a look. Anyway, if you haven't heard the news, Chris is heading to ANWR on the 14th to look at possible solutions to high gas prices and our nation's energy crisis. The trip is only a couple days away, so I'll fill you in on what to look forward to.

The plan for this trip is to keep you folks updated with a steady stream of photos, audio footage, and video footage so that you get an idea of the situation up there in Alaska. Chris will be meeting with industry experts, state and local officials, private landowners, and native residents of the Arctic Circle in order to get their expertise and opinions on the issues. As a result, we here at Chris Lien for Congress will be working our hardest to bring you the same information Chris is receiving, so check back in frequently to catch updates and new information.

In case you're interested in Chris's reasons for making this trip and braving the Alaskan wilderness, check out the video below: