ROYAL Dutch Shell’s plans for exploratory drilling in the US Arctic this summer will involve the harassment of whales and seals by the thousands, an application document filed by Shell to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) reveals.
Most notably, Shell estimates its Arctic activities will expose over 2,500 bowhead whales, over 2,500 gray whales and over 50,000 ringed seals to continuous sounds and pulsed sounds, deemed damaging enough to constitute harassment.
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