Word: alaska
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Arctic-conscious U.S. Army has to keep the Frozen North frozen. The reason: beneath much of Alaska, as in other Arctic lands, lies a thick layer of "permafrost," or permanently frozen ground. It is hard and firm, but, as Russians discovered in Siberia long ago, even a trickle of heat can turn it to slithery muck. Roads and airport runways, absorbing summer sun, get as squashy as cranberry bogs. In winter, the warmth of a heated building may seep into the permafrost, allowing floors to sink and walls to wobble drunkenly. Many Alaskan villages, built in defiance of permafrost, look...
Last week, near Fairbanks, Alaska, Army engineers were watching thermometers sunk in the icy subsoil under buildings and airports. Their job: to catch up with the Russians, leading authorities on Arctic construction problems...
...frozen ground, they sink piles deep into the permafrost, melting the holes with steam jets. The piles are then wrapped in tar paper and greased, so that the topsoil, freezing and thawing with the seasons, cannot stick to them and heave them. But piles are scarce in much of Alaska, and Army engineers think they know something better: thick insulating mats to keep the permafrost always frozen...
...first time, travel-hungry Canadians and Americans could see what one of the world's famous wartime roads looked like in peacetime dress (see cut). In new pictures released by the Canadian Government, the Alaska Highway, knifing straight through scenic northwest Canada, looked fine...
Male and female students, both veteran and non-veteran, will be considered by the Globe judges for the fellowships, which will enable them to study in Alaska, Canada, Hawaii, Mexico, Central and South America, or the Caribbean Islands...