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WAINWRIGHT -- Scenes from a midsummer night in late June in this village on Alaska's northern coast. With less than 700 people, Wainwright suddenly finds itself on the front lines of Arctic development, with potential offshore oil drilling in the Chukchi Sea and pending lease sales in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. Read more about Wainwright's role in the future of the region.