we have the potential for methane hydrate, unconventional gas. it is extraordinary. our challenge has never been, do we have the resource? our challenge is how do you move the resource to the market? back to your question about the role of my chairmanship on the natural resources committee, that has been an important part of how we work out access to alaska's resources. the resources are there, how do you move them? >> senator, in your view, has climate change affected alaska? sen. murkowski: absolutely. as one who was born and raised there, and who travels widely around the state, particularly some of our very remote areas, areas that are predominantly on the coast, but into some arctic areas where quite honestly, there has not been a lot of focus from folks on the outside, unelected leaders or otherwise. i have an opportunity to come in and see for myself, to sit down, to hear from elders about what they have observed. these are folks, they might not have a phd, but they have a phd in living and they can tell you what they are seeing, with the sea ice and the conse