Time to make some decisions. You will take the information you have gathered so far, plus some new details from a study by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and come up with a cost/benefit analysis for Shishmaref!
Your teacher has assigned you to one of four groups, listed below: 1. Stay in Shishmaref.
2. Relocate to build a new town on the mainland. 3. Relocate to the city of Nome. 4. Relocate to the city of Kotzebue.
These four options are discussed in the “Shishmaref Relocation and Collocation Study,” available under Your Study Resources for Module 2 in the Logistics section of PolarHusky.com.
Read the section of the study appropriate for your group, then discuss and answer the following questions.
Group Option: _____________________________________ 1. Briefly list the pros and cons of your option below.
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2. What is the dollar amount the Corps of Engineers has assigned to your option?