Unalaskan opponents of Shell's plans to drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean gathered on a rocky point with banners warning of oil spills and other environmental impacts last Friday, with around 35 people holding up banners at Arch Rock, with Shell vessels anchored in the background.  

Shell was criticized at a meeting in Unalaska earlier last week.  About 35 local residents showed up, mostly opposed to Shell's drilling plans in the Chukchi Sea, about 1,000 miles to the north in Arctic Ocean.  The meeting was organized by two visitors who had earlier protested against Shell in Seattle, where kayakers surrounded oil company vessels, Kurtis Dengler, of Seattle, the nephew of local environmentalist Suzi Golodoff, and George Pletnikoff Jr, of Palmer.