| Summary: | Thesis (M.A.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2023 Infrastructure development in the North is tied directly to military and private explorations for oil, national defense, and the use of aviation that provided access to remote regions. World War II drove the initial infrastructure development in Northwest Canada and the North Slope of Alaska, which linked aviation to oil and provided access points for further Arctic development. The Cold War brought the military back to the Arctic, using existing infrastructure to construct the Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line, the largest construction project ever attempted in the North at that time. Aviation provided the transportation flexibility necessary to accomplish the project and expanded aviation infrastructure in the North. All of this coalesced with the exploration and discovery of oil at Prudhoe Bay and the subsequent airlift that allowed rapid development of the oil field. Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Literature Review -- 1.2. Methodology and Literature Gap -- 1.2.1. Literature gap. Chapter 2. Oil for Aviation in the North -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. War Construction in the North -- 2.3. Resource Scarcity -- 2.4. A Land Route to Supply the Air Route -- 2.5. The Canol Pipeline Project -- 2.6. Canol Falters -- 2.7. Conclusion. Chapter 3. Aviation for Oil in the North -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. The Oil Standard -- 3.3. Naval Aviation's First Exploration in Alaska -- 3.4. North to Alaska! -- 3.5. Cat Trains, Umiat, and a Pipeline -- 3.6. Post-War Exploration -- 3.7. Exploration Slows to a Stop -- 3.8. Aviation Accidents in the Reserve -- 3.9. Conclusion. Chapter 4. DEWing the Impossible -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Exposed Flank -- 4.3. Aircraft to the Canadian North -- 4.4. DEW Line Legacy -- 4.5. The Globemaster -- 4.6. DEW Line in Alaska -- 4.7. Interior Airways -- 4.8. Helicopters Take Flight -- 4.9. Conclusion. Chapter 5. Aviation and Oil Come of Age -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Oil Discovered on the Kenai -- 5.3. Rotor Blades and Oil Rigs -- 5.4. ...
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