The conservatives who say, "Let us not move so fast," and extremists who say, "Let us go out and whip the world," would tell you that they are as far apart as the poles.
Sami have long used the tents as portable shelters—their wide bases and forked poles enable them to withstand winds of up to 50 miles an hour on the Arctic tundra.
Nobody knows the Arctic as well as the locals, which is why they are not content simply to stand back and let outside experts tell them what's happening.