Activist bicyclists are misinforming us about ANWR

To the editor:

In "Taking it to the streets," two idealistic environmentalists on a bicycle trip to Washington, D.C., portray the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska as a place where oil and wildlife don't mix. The Inupiat Eskimo people who live there disagree with them. They have lived there for thousands of years, and they support drilling on their lands. The caribou "maternity ward" Emily Ferry refers to is actually the Eskimo grocery store. It's where they get their food. They would be the last people to support something that would harm their lifestyle.

I have been there many times. I have yet to see a bicycle because the ground is frozen and the sun doesn't come out for months during the winter, when temperatures reach 50 below for weeks.

I know these people mean well, but they are misinformed. They are misinforming Missourians, and their actions are hurting the real life Eskimo people who live there.

DANIEL KISH

Washington, D.C.