Inupiat tribal leader, Caroline Cannon, is one of this year's recipeints of the Goldman Environmental Prize for her exemplary work towards stopping oil exploration and drilling in the Alaskan Arctic.
The Goldman Environmental Prize is awarded annually since 1990 to six grassroots environmental activists, one from Africa, Asia, Europe, Islands and Island Nations, North America, and South and Central America. The prize includes a monetary award of US$150,000 per recipient.
