Value+to+Society+(Arctic+Tundra)

====The Arctic Tundra's value to society is its abundance of oil and gas. Presently, one-tenth of the world's oil and a fourth of its flammable gas is extracted from this region. (H1) The Russian Arctic is the main site for 80 percent of this oil; Alaska, Arctic Canada, and Norway are the other driving makers. Late examinations suggest that an impressive portion of the world's unfamiliar oil reserves exists in the Arctic. In the US Arctic, these reserves are estimated to hold about 15 million barrels of oil, and gas reserves are estimated to hold over 2 trillion cubic meters. In the Canadian Arctic, there are 49 gas and oil fields in the Mackenzie River Delta, and there are 15 fields situated on the Canadian Arctic archipelago. (H2)====

In this photo released by BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc., a worker examines oil spilled from a ruptured transit line in Prudhoe Bay. (H3)

====The most refined portion of the Russian Arctic holds a great deal of coal, copper, nickel, diamond, uranium, tungsten, and gold. The North American Arctic also contains pockets of uranium, copper, natural gas, nickel, iron, and oil. Be that as it may, many known mineral stores have not been abused in light of their detachment and lofty improvement costs. These are the natural resources in tundras around the world. (H2)====

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