Same but different: how Alaska and Norway are handling low oil prices

 
Norwegian Ambassador Kare Aas spoke to the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce on May 16, 2016. Photo: Rachel Waldholz/APRNAn oil-dependent economy straddling the Arctic Circle, battered by low prices but sitting on a massive savings account: that could describe Alaska — but it also describes Norway.
Norway’s ambassador to the United States is in Alaska this week, to celebrate that country’s May 17th Constitution Day with Norwegian Americans in Anchorage and Petersburg.
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