That's why the Gwich'in Indians are opposed to any oil development in the refuge.
But none comes close to matching the refuge that it once had in Afghanistan.
But the most controversial provision is the part that would pump oil from the refuge.
Conservationists call the refuge "America's Serengetti, " a reference to giant wildlife preserve in Africa.
She said the refuge accommodated up to 120 families each year, and about 50 children stayed there.
Labor leaders said oil exploration in the refuge, known as ANWR, would lead to thousands of jobs.
But many others believe the only safe approach is to bar any oil development whatsoever in the refuge.
But the service, which will run the refuge once it is cleaned up, insists the traces were not significant.
Higher up the mine just above the refuge and in the workshop, temperatures hit around 30 Celsius, according to Fortt.
The classical music aficionado will also likely have relied on the refuge offered in the music of composers he cherishes.
Some of the climbers managed to get themselves back to their base at the Refuge des Cosmiques and raised the alarm.
The gorilla sector of the park "has been swallowed up in this conflict, " said Samantha Newport, communications director for the refuge.
For most of the refuge, the mineral rights are in private hands.
Washing water is piped down 700 meters (2, 300 feet) from the surface to the refuge once it has been heated by a solar-powered heater.
Last year, of the 72 women who came to the refuge she works at, only two went to court and only one conviction resulted.
Drinking coffee in the refuge of a Riyadh hotel room, Enazy says the government has warned him not to criticize the kingdom's religious establishment.
John Kerry, a Democrat, is threatening a filibuster, and several moderate Republicans have said they won't be able to support opening the refuge to drilling.
"The coastal plain of the refuge is only a tiny fraction of the entire North Slope of Alaska, " he argued, waving his hand in a wide arc.
Argentina has created a special bureau to track down any remaining Nazi war criminals hiding in a country that was once the refuge of top Nazis like Josef Mengele.
Over time the refuge (if it lives up to its promise) would produce a nice piece of change for federal coffers, albeit not enough to pay for the hurricane cleanup.
Now, with a former oil man in the White House, and energy issues on the front page of the nation's newspapers, Murkowski's bill would open up the refuge for drilling.
This biosphere reserve comprises several units (Yawkey Wildlife Center, Santee Coastal Reserve, Washoo Reserve, Capers island and Hobcaw Barony, Cape Romain Refuge) among which the Refuge makes up the biggest part.
It left the door open to oil drilling on about 8 percent of the refuge along the coastal plain, but it would take an act of Congress for the drilling to start.
Jose Ojeda penned the note "Estamos bien en el refugio los 33" ("We are okay in the refuge, the 33 of us") which was discovered attached to a probe 17 days after the mine collapse.
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Speaking on the House floor, Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Florida, said the threat to the environment has been overstated, noting that the drilling would take place on only a fraction of the refuge, which is the size of South Carolina.
Mario Gomez - at 63 the oldest of the men, who has been in the mining industry since the age of 12 - wrote the now famous note: "Estamos bien en el refugio los 33 - All 33 of us are fine in the refuge".
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