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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant
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Alaskans ponder Bush's plans for pipeline, NPRA.
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Pete Trengle,
Bass Player
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In the 1970's Valdez hosted a second rush, this time for "black gold," becoming the southern terminus ofthe trans-Alaskan pipeline that starts in Prudhoe Bay.
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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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Alaskan caribou herds thrive near oil pipeline.
With the building of the 789-mile Alaskan pipeline, thousands of jobs were created and towns such as Anchorage and Fairbanks have become large modern cities.
Once the gateway to the gold country, Valdez is now the southern terminus of the famous Alaskan Pipeline that carries "black gold" from the Arctic Ocean to an oil-thirsty world.
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Jake Farley,
Truck Driver
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The Highway was built for trucks working the Alaskan Pipeline between Fairbanks and Deadhorse.
It's not very often I get the opportunity to travel for my job, but recently I got to travel to Pump Station 4 on the Trans Alaskan Pipeline, which is above the arctic circle on the north slope of the Brooks Range, and snapped this picture.
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Jack Crawford,
WWII Veteran
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In the following years, the pipeline controversy pitted Alaskan against Alaskan and inspired organized opposition from conservationists and environmentalists on a level never before approached.
Oil transported by the Alaskan Pipeline, from Prudhoe Bay to the port of Valdez, is of greatest importance to the state’s economy but indications are that the supply might be drying up.
A good deal of America’s crude oil supplies flow through the Trans-Alaskan Pipeline over the north slope from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez (right)
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Bob Greenberg,
Congressional Candidate
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Alaskan Governor Tony Knowles said much more should be done to protect the vital pipeline.
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