Subhankar Banerjee, "Caribou Migration I," 2002 (66-68)

Subhankar Banerjee was born in what Indian city?

Calcutta

When was Subhankar Banerjee born?

1967

What did Subhankar Banerjee study in India?

Electrical engineering

When did Subhankar Banerjee move to the United States?

1990

Banerjee earned master’s degrees in what two subjects?

Physics and Computer Science

What university did Banerjee earn his master’s degrees from?

New Mexico State University

Where was Banerjee’s first job in science?

Los Alamos National Laboratory

After his job at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, where did Banerjee work?

Boeing Company

While living in New Mexico, which club did Banerjee join?

Sierra Club

When did Banerjee visit Churchill in Canada to take pictures of polar bears?

Fall of 2000

Where did Banerjee travel after cashing out his retirement savings?

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

The ANWR is located in which state?

Alaska

How long did Banerjee live and work at ANWR?

Fourteen months

When was the ANWR established?

1960

The ANWR later double in size to comprise nearly _________ acres.

Twenty million

Which president campaigned on a pro-drilling platform in the early 2000s?

George W. Bush

Which Alaskan senator attempted to initiate drilling in the ANWR?

Frank Murkowski

During the early 2000s, Banerjee published a number of photographs in what book?

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Seasons of Life and Land

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Seasons of Life and Land caught the attention of curators at what museum?

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History arranged for an exhibition of Banerjee’s arctic photographs to open in what year?

Spring 2003

Which senator held up a copy in Banerjee’s book on the floor of the US Senate?

Senator Barbara Boxer

The amendment to block ANWR drilling passed which what numbers?

52-48

On August 17, 2020, the Department of the Interior officially opened _______ acres of ANWR to the oil and gas industry.

1.5 million

On January 6, 2021, the federal government sold oil and gas leases in the amount of _______________

$14.4 million

Which organization almost entirely funded the $14.4 million sold by the government?

Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority

Which president issued an executive order to place a moratorium on oil and gas extraction in the ANWR?

Joe Biden

Which photograph has become one of the most iconic images of the continued struggle to ecologically protect the ANWR?

Caribou Migration I

What type of photograph is Caribou Migration I

Aerial

What color is the ice in Caribou Migration I

Blueish-Green

Which Alaskan indigenous population relies on caribou?

Gwich’in

When were the protections lauded by Gwich’in leaders put in place?

June 2021

Who said the following statement:
“Our work will not stop until our lands are permanently protected through legislation.”

Chief Dana Tizya-Tramm of the Vuntut Gwichin First Nation