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Gov. Sarah Palin has thrown her support behind a 24-inch "bullet" pipeline to bring natural gas from the North Slope to Southcentral Alaska.
The plan is for the project to be in operation by 2015, three to five
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Juneau Empire
http://juneauempire.com/stories/030909/sta_407043913.shtml
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...to BP estimates. BP also plans to invest between $5 billion and $10 billion through the next 10 years in the Alaska North Slope Renewal project, Gary Boubel, a director, said in the magazine. The investments will consolidate oil and gas gathering facilities,...
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Houston Chronicle
http://feeds.chron.com/~r/houstonchronicle/energy/~3/5LgyiajHHcM/6290915.html
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Economists at the Alaska Department of Labor and at Northern Economics Inc. told us in January that the Alaska economy can be expected to lose 700 to 3,400 jobs this year. Those are respectable guesses, but both forecasters would tell you that the
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Anchorage Daily News
http://www.adn.com/money/story/706153.html
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...ranked "Highest in Customer Satisfaction among Traditional Network Carriers (tie)" in the J.D. Power and Associates 2008 North America Airline Satisfaction Study(SM). For reservations, visit alaskaair.com. For more news and information, visit the Alaska Airlines/Horizon...
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Street Insider
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...competition," the law department explained. That's a good description of the situation in Alaska, especially the Railbelt and northern communities. Flint Hills and Tesoro have the capacity to supply the Railbelt. While Outside refineries might try to enter...
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Juneau Empire
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Long-term global warming is prompting North American birds to winter farther north -- a trend more noticeable in Alaska than anywhere else in the nation, according to a new study by the National Audubon Society.
Climate-induced changes in vegetation
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Anchorage Daily News
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/wildlife/story/689111.html
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...and the fishing industry. The North Pacific Fishery Management Council voted unanimously to close the nation's waters off Alaska north of the Bering Strait and east to the Canadian border, citing in part warming that could open new shipping lanes due to reduced...
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MSNBC
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...postage stamps are nothing new to ingenious Alaskans. As I've noted before, the tiny town in Wainwright -- just about as far north in the state as you can go -- once needed a new building. However, the cost to ship each cinderblock by truck or boat to build...
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Pittsburgh Entertainment
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...is priceless and is our obligation to Alaska's future. No one wants the collapse of the Newfoundland and Northwest Atlantic northern cod to be repeated here in Alaska. Thomas C. Royer is professor emeritus University of Alaska Fairbanks. He now lives in Virginia....
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EcoEarth News
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...north -- but it leads to the North Slope, and to the central importance of our North American gas line. America's security, Alaska's revenue, Alaskan careers, affordable fuel, even our ability to finally diversify our economy -- all these hinge on the success...
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Anchorage Daily News
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...making it easier for employees of a King Cove fish processing plant to get to and from work. The Izembek refuge also abuts the North Aleutian Basin, one of the nation's largest untapped petroleum reserves. The road "won't work as advertised and won't save...
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/853570.html
Recorded July 17, 2000. This short video begins as I drive into the community of North Pole, Alaska and ends with my visit to Santa Claus House. From: http://timvp.com
NORTH TO ALASKA
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...photographer-author Seth Kantner. Or, leave the heat on and read his "Shopping for Porcupine: A Life in Arctic Alaska" (Milkweed Press, $28, 256 pages). Kantner, whose previous book was the novel "Ordinary Wolves," tells of being born in the frozen Alaskan...
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Sacramento Bee
http://www.sacbee.com/livinghere/story/1523954.html?mi_rss=Living%20Here
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...climbers to ascend Alaska's most challenging peaks. Beckey and four other climbers were the first to climb Mount McKinley's North Peak via its difficult Northwest Buttress in that same magical season. "If you go back to 1954, it's amazing what he accomplished,"...
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Juneau Empire
http://juneauempire.com/stories/010709/sta_374785023.shtml
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...Alaska has done with our newfound power as a state is the trans-Alaska pipeline. Oil flowing through the pipeline from the North Slope has produced an astounding $96 billion for the state treasury. The oil bonanza at Prudhoe Bay, located on land owned by...
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McClatchy
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/59054.html
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...unexpected cultural immersion. Charter flights from Tokyo bring thousands of Japanese visitors to Alaska each winter. Seeing the Northern Lights is “on their life list,” explained Chena spokeswoman Denise Ferree. It’s also part of Japanese culture’s “traditional...
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2TheAdvocate.com
http://www.2theadvocate.com/entertainment/37014559.html
5AM in the morning in Fairbanks, Alaska. Looking out around a shopping area northside Fairbanks
Mitchell Davis mails Bryce and Chris Alaska in the mail.
haha Mitchel Davis Watch his vid first.
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My Video Response To Michell's "North To Alaska" Video I normally dont make video responses, but this seemed like fun and I thought I should go for it. My Green screen isn't as impressive, but I sadly lack Final Cut... and a decent camera lol
Johnny Horton, song North To Alaska, slideshow, snow nature, gold rush, country
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A popular oldie and hit sung by Johnny Horton. Song and Video Clip downloaded from YouTube (posted by mrtibbs6912) and the Lyrics were then inserted. For motivational English Lesson.
Henry Sellers on vocals/guitar & Dave Derrick on bass at Bill's Pickin' Parlor, West Columbia, SC, 9-19-08.
Declan Nerney - North To Alaska
Way up north, (North To Alaska.) Way up north, (North To Alaska.) North to Alaska, They're goin' North, the rush is on. North to Alaska, They're goin' North, the rush is on. Big Sam left Seattle in the year of '92, With George Pratt, his partner, and brother, Billy, too. They crossed the Yukon River and found the bonanza gold. Below that old white mountain just a little south-east of Nome. Sam crossed the majestic mountains to the valleys far below. He talked to his team of huskies as he mushed on through the snow. With the northern lights a-running wild in the land of the midnight sun, Yes, Sam McCord was a mighty man in the year of nineteen-one. Where the river is winding, Big nuggets they're finding. North to Alaska, They're goin' North, the rush is on. Way up north, (North To Alaska.) Way up north, (North To Alaska.) North to Alaska, They're goin' North, the rush is on. North to Alaska, They're goin' North, the rush is on. George turned to Sam with his gold in his hand, Said: "Sam you're a-lookin'at a lonely, lonely man. "I'd trade all the gold that's buried in this land, "For one small band of gold to place on sweet little Ginnie's hand. "'Cos a man needs a woman to love him all the time. "Remember, Sam, a true love is so hard to find. "I'd build for my Ginnie, a honeymoon home. "Below that old white mountain just a little south-east of Nome." Where the river is winding, Big nuggets they're finding. North to Alaska, They're goin' North, the rush is on. North to Alaska, They're goin' North, the rush is on. Way up north, (North To Alaska.) Way up north, (North To Alaska.) Way up north, (North To Alaska.)
North Slope Alaska Oil Exploration. Includes: Oil Pipeline, Oil Rigs, People and wildlife.
North Slope Alaska Oil Exploration. Includes: Oil Pipeline, Oil Rigs, People and wildlife.
Motorcycle trip from Ottawa to Alaska Summer of 2008 16000 kms tour over 27 days
Motorcycle trip from Ottawa to Alaska and the Yukon. Summer of 2008 Riding a BMW R1150 GS
Stereo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrERKVjQPe4&fmt=18 BCB Band sings "North To Alaska" by Johnny Horton. At the end of 1951, Horton relocated from California to Shreveport, LA, where he became a regular on the Louisiana Hayride. However, Lousiana was filled with pitfalls -- his first wife left him shortly after the move, and Robison severed all ties with Horton when he became Reeves' manager. During 1952, Hank Williams rejoined the cast of the Hayride and became a kind of mentor for Horton. After Williams died on New Year's Eve of 1952, Horton became close with his widow, Billie Jean; the couple married in September of 1953. Although he had a regular job on the Hayride, Horton's recording career was going nowhere -- none of his Mercury records were selling, and rock & roll was beginning to overtake country's share of the market place. Horton's fortunes changed in the latter half of 1955, when he hired Webb Pierce's manager Tillman Franks as his own manager and quit Mercury Records. Franks had Pierce help him secure a contract for Horton with Columbia Records by the end of 1955. The change in record labels breathed life into Horton's career. At his first Columbia session, he cut "Honky Tonk Man," his first single for the label and one that would eventually become a honky tonk By the spring of 1956, the song had reached the country Top Ten and Horton was well on his way to becoming a star. "Honky Tonk Man" was edgy enough to have Horton grouped in on the more country-oriented side of rockabilly. Wearing a large cowboy hat to hide his receding hairline, he became a popular concert attraction and racked up three more hit singles -- "I'm a One-Woman Man" (number seven), "I'm Coming Home" (number 11), "The Woman I Need" (number nine) -- in the next year. However, the hits dried up just as quickly as they arrived; for the latter half of 1957 and 1958, he didn't hit the charts at all. Horton responded by cutting some rockabilly, which was beginning to fall out of favor by the time his singles were released. In the fall of 1958, he bounced back with the Top Ten "All Grown Up," but it wasn't until the ballad "When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)" hit the charts in early 1959 that he achieved a comeback. The song fit neatly into the folk-based story songs that were becoming popular in the late '50s, and it climbed all the way to number one. Its success inspired his next single, "The Battle of New Orleans." Taken from a 1958 Jimmie Driftwood album, the song was a historical saga song like "When It's Springtime in Alaska," but it was far more humorous. It was also far more successful, topping the country charts for ten weeks and crossing over into the pop charts, where it was number one for six weeks. After the back-to-back number one successes of "When It's Spring Time in Alaska" and "The Battle of New Orleans," Horton concentrated solely on folky saga songs. "Johnny Reb" became a Top Ten hit in the fall of 1959, and "Sink the Bismarck" was a Top Ten hit in the spring of 1960, followed by the number one hit "North to Alaska" in the fall of 1960. Around the time of "North to Alaska"'s November release, Horton claimed that he was getting premonitions of an early death. Sadly, his premonitions came true. On November 4, 1960, he suffered a car crash driving home to Shreveport after a concert in Austin, TX. Horton was still alive after the wreck, but he died on the way to the hospital; the other passengers in his car had severe injuries, but they survived. Although he died early in his career, Horton left behind a recorded legacy that proved to be quite influential. Artists like George Jones and Dwight Yoakam have covered his songs, and echoes of Horton's music can still be heard in honky tonk and country-rock music well into the '90s.
Go North! Dwight performs the Johnny Horton Classic.
The Song "North To Alaska" By Johnny Horton LYRICS - Way up north, (North To Alaska.) Way up north, (North To Alaska.) North to Alaska, They're goin' North, the rush is on. North to Alaska, They're goin' North, the rush is on. Big Sam left Seattle in the year of '92, With George Pratt, his partner, and brother, Billy, too. They crossed the Yukon River and found the bonanza gold. Below that old white mountain just a little south-east of Nome. Sam crossed the majestic mountains to the valleys far below. He talked to his team of huskies as he mushed on through the snow. With the northern lights a-running wild in the land of the midnight sun, Yes, Sam McCord was a mighty man in the year of nineteen-one. Where the river is winding, Big nuggets they're finding. North to Alaska, They're goin' North, the rush is on. Way up north, (North To Alaska.) Way up north, (North To Alaska.) North to Alaska, They're goin' North, the rush is on. North to Alaska, They're goin' North, the rush is on. George turned to Sam with his gold in his hand, Said: "Sam you're a-lookin'at a lonely, lonely man. "I'd trade all the gold that's buried in this land, "For one small band of gold to place on sweet little Ginnie's hand. "'Cos a man needs a woman to love him all the time. "Remember, Sam, a true love is so hard to find. "I'd build for my Ginnie, a honeymoon home. "Below that old white mountain just a little south-east of Nome." Where the river is winding, Big nuggets they're finding. North to Alaska, They're goin' North, the rush is on. North to Alaska, They're goin' North, the rush is on. Way up north, (North To Alaska.) Way up north, (North To Alaska.) Way up north, (North To Alaska.)
This song is about the Klondike Gold Rush and was originally recorded by Johnny Horton. It is a soundtrack to the movie 'North to Alaska' from 1960 where John Wayne, Steward Granger and Fabian ('Tiger', 'Turn me loose') played the parts of Sam McCord, George Pratt and George's little kid brother.
JOHNNY HORTON - NORTH TO ALASKA. Images are of the real DEADWOOD..... Way up north, (North To Alaska.) Way up north, (North To Alaska.) North to Alaska, They're goin' North, the rush is on. North to Alaska, They're goin' North, the rush is on. Big Sam left Seattle in the year of '92, With George Pratt, his partner, and brother, Billy, too. They crossed the Yukon River and found the bonanza gold. Below that old white mountain just a little south-east of Nome. Sam crossed the majestic mountains to the valleys far below. He talked to his team of huskies as he mushed on through the snow. With the northern lights a-running wild in the land of the midnight sun, Yes, Sam McCord was a mighty man in the year of nineteen-one. Where the river is winding, Big nuggets they're finding. North to Alaska, They're goin' North, the rush is on. Way up north, (North To Alaska.) Way up north, (North To Alaska.) North to Alaska, They're goin' North, the rush is on. North to Alaska, They're goin' North, the rush is on. George turned to Sam with his gold in his hand, Said: "Sam you're a-lookin'at a lonely, lonely man. "I'd trade all the gold that's buried in this land, "For one small band of gold to place on sweet little Ginnie's hand. "'Cos a man needs a woman to love him all the time. "Remember, Sam, a true love is so hard to find. "I'd build for my Ginnie, a honeymoon home. "Below that old white mountain just a little south-east of Nome." Where the river is winding, Big nuggets they're finding. North to Alaska, They're goin' North, the rush is on. North to Alaska, They're goin' North, the rush is on. Way up north, (North To Alaska.) Way up north, (North To Alaska.) Way up north, (North To Alaska.)
Theatrical trailer for the 1960 John Wayne comedy-western, NORTH TO ALASKA, with Stewart Granger, Capucine, Ernie Kovacs and Fabian. To buy vintage television shows, films, westerns and serials on DVD and VHS -- plus original movie posters, celebrity autographs and collectibles -- be sure to visit Captain Bijou's website, www.captainbijou.com.
KTVA-CBS 11 News Anchor Dave Stroh reports the story.
In memory of Bill Fickus who along with his family and friends made it possible for us to experience a real Gold Rush on his claims at Crevice Creek in the Brooks Range. Bill passed away in October 2007 and will be dearly missed by all who knew him, including the Swiss and German goldpanners who got to know him while on vacation in the far North.
Personal photos and short videos from our June 2008 trip shooting North to Alaska with Larry Csonka and Audrey, also Pat Sam John and Friends.
From the 1960 Columbia 45: 4-41782. My apoligies for the scratchy and worn condition of the record, but still sounds great. From the 20th Century-Fox Motion Picture "North To Alaska"
Images from Don Rosa Comic books; "Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck"
Police Cars of North Pole, Alaska
IR-DVD-101 - Experience Alaska on the Spirit and Enjoy Alaska as Carnival Cruise Lines only can. On this episode of GREAT CRUISES we sail the Inside Passage to Alaska. We start in Vancouver, Canada, and visit Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway, Valdez and Seward. We're cruising on one of the "Fun Ships" of Carnival, The "SPIRIT." We'll enjoy many of the shore excursions, including a breathtaking helicopter ride to one of the largest glaciers in the world; river rafting; a train ride up the old Klondike Trail of 1898; whale watching; and even try our hand at sportfishing. All of this and more, as we experience Alaska on GREAT CRUISES. We begin our journey in Vancouver, British Columbia, one of the most vibrant and cosmopolitan cities in the world. With mountain vistas nearby, lush parklands, and crystal clear bays, it's easy to see why its spectacular downtown skyline seems so extraordinarily beautiful! Our first port of call is Ketchikan a delightful little community nestled in amongst the mountains of Alaska. Along the way - Visit Ketchikan Board a specially constructed high-speed catamaran to participate in another Alaskan tradition - whale watching at Auke (aye-uke) Bay . Spend a day at sea, working our way up the Alaskan panhandle, where our next port of call is the charming little town of Skagway Explore Valdez, also known as the "Little Switzerland" of Alaska. Go rafting on the Lowe River. Explore the wilderness in a helicopter, fly up Keystone Canyon. Leisurely explore magnificent Prince William Sound and College Fjord as the Spirit inches her way past ancient glaciers and newly calved icebergs. On every fun ship there's plenty to do and the Spirit is no exception. When the ship is out at sea the casino is in full swing. You can dance the night away in many of the lounges or in the disco. If you've had a bit too much to eat, or are worried about your waistline, then spend a little time in the Nautica Spa. And you can shop till you drop for souvenirs for friends back home or perhaps a special gift just for you.
from the movie of the same name. Johnny Horton had a hit of it, #4 on the charts, in 1960. Frankie's version was on his 1962 album "Call Of The Wild"
North To Alaska - Johnny Horton 1959 Music Video
Our journey to the great white north.
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