Below: Karen Duquette stood
under the Alaska Pipeline on June 20, 2009
Below: Part of the Trans
Alaska Pipeline "Pig" displayed at the Visitor Center in Delta
Junction
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| The Pipeline carries oil 800 miles from Prudhoe Bay on the Arctic Ocean to the pipeline terminus at Port Valdez. |
| Delta Junction offers the first view of the trans-Alaska pipeline for visitors coming up the Alaska Highway from Canada. The best view is about 9 miles north of town, where the pipeline crosses the Tanana River. Pump Station No. 9 is located about 8 miles south of town on the Richardson Highway. Tours are no longer offered since the 9/11 attack on the U.S. | |
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Below: Karen Duquette stood
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Below: Part of the Trans
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| Below: As Lee and Karen Duquette left Delta Junction and continued their Alaska journey down the Richardson Highway, they were fortunate enough to have many more sightings of the pipeline. | |
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Below: The zig-zag of the
Alaska Pipeline can be seen for many miles. |
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| Because of the varying soil conditions along its route, the pipeline is both above and below the ground. Where the warm oil could cause icy soil to thaw and erode, the pipeline goes above ground, Where the frozen ground is mostly well-drained gravel or rocks and thawing is not a problem the pipeline is underground. | |
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Below: The pipeline goes
into the ground. |
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Below: As Lee and Karen Duquette rolled along the highway in their RV, more glimpses of the Alaska Pipeline came into view. It occasionally went underground again, but soon would re-surface again. |
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Below: Another day, another
drive, more pipeline, this time near Fox, Alaska |
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The white line shows where
the pipeline runs throughout the state of Alaska |
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Below: Lee Duquette viewed
the pipeline from the upper trail |
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| Below: Woods
and a dirt mound on the upper trail by the pipeline. Plus the grandchildren
of the two RV Gypsies. |
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Below: Lee Duquette and family under the Alaska Pipeline. |
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