Alaska's Oil Pipeline

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ALASKA'S OIL PRUDHOE BAY BROOKS RANGE HAPPY VALLEY TOOLIK GBRAITH LAKE DIETRÍCH COLD FOOT ARCTIC CIRCLE PROSPECT CREÉK NOME 5 MILE WHITE MOUNTAINS U.S.S.R. EAIRBANKS ALASKA RANGE PAXSON DELT MT. MCKINLEY GLENN ALLEN ** SÀNCHORAGET VALDEZ SEWARD KODIAK Y UKON RIVER

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ANOTHER .. "alaska joe" 112405 ORIGINAL ALASKA SCENIC P. C. BOX 1466, ANCHORAGE, The discovery of oil on Alaska's North Slope was made in March, 1968 at Prudhoe Bay. In August of the same year the first feasibility studies on a proposed Alaskan Pipeline were begun. in September, 1969, the State of Alaska held a Lease Sale of Prudhoe Bay and a record 900 million dollars was collected from those companies winning the leases. To assure the safety of Alaska's wildlife and permafrost ecology, the pipeline will be alternately buried and elevated, depending on the varying soil conditions along its route. Temperatures vary greatly from as much as 100°F. in summer to more than -75°F. in the dead winter. The Alaskan Pipeline will take three years to build and cost in the neighborhood of 4 billion dollars. It is the most costly project ever undertaken by private enterprise. ALASKA 99510 GEN-15 BOSTON