The Alaska Highway: Background to Decision

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Bucksar, Richard G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1968
• Subjects: Vostok Station; Antarctic regions; Antarctic; British Columbia; Canada; Dawson City; Fairbanks; Antarc*; Arctic; Alaska
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66316

Construction of the Alaska Highway was considered as early as 1929. Interest was stimulated by Highway Associations at Fairbanks, and Dawson City; it increased after British Columbia and Alaskan officials began exchanges of information. Alaska adopted a memorial petitioning the US Congress to arrang...