Alaskan Submarine Cables: A Struggle with a Harsh Environment

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Heezen, Bruce C., Johnson, G. Leonard
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1969
• Subjects: Active layer; Creep; Frozen ground; Mass wasting; Permafrost; Plant cover; Plant distribution; Plant-soil relationships; Plants (Biology); Slopes; Ruby Range; Yukon; Bris; Le Fond; Arctic; permafrost; Alaska
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66283

Reviews the laying, repair and maintenance of telegraph and cable systems, at one time 86 submarine cables, between Puget Sound and Alaska 1901-60. Failures due to entanglement by whales, bruising and mauling by anchors and fishing trawls and various destructive effects of geologic agents on the sea...