Modern Marvels. The Alaskan Oil Pipeline

Description

In 1973, a desperate America, starved by an OPEC embargo, began construction on an 800-mile lifeline for its insatiable oil hunger. This episode examines this technological triumph, built over impenetrable mountains and tundra where temperatures drop to 75 below zero. Also studied is the impact on a fragile ecological system.

Runtime

45 min

Subjects

Geography

Genre

Date of Publication

[2010], c1997

Database

Films on Demand

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