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Alaska 
Dalton Highway
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La Dalton Highway taglia da nord a sud l'Alaska e collega Fairbanks con Deadhorse. Il nome della destinazione è già tutto un programma ed in effetti questa è una delle strade più remote ed isolate degli Stati Uniti, ci sono solo due paesini lunga la strada lunga oltre 800 km: Coldfoot e Wiseman, entrambi abitati da una manciata di persone.
Nonostante sia sterrata in molti punti e vi siano delle pendenze di oltre il 12%, moltissimi TIR la percorrono tutti i giorni, dunque attenzione e luci sembre ben accesse.
L'ultimo tratto che porta al mar Artico è un tratto di strada privata, posseduto dalle compagnie petrolifere che qui lavorano e soltanto i mezzi autorizzati possono percorrerla.
La strada fu infatti costruita nel 1974 come supporto per l'oleodotto, la Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, che la costeggia per tutta la sua lunghezza e fu intitolata a James Dalton, l'ingegnere pionere delle trivellazioni in Alaska.
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Atigun Pass
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L'Atigun pass, con i suoi 1444 metri s.l.m., è il punto in cui la Dalton Highway attraversa il Continental Divide (la linea immaginaria che separa le montagne i cui fiumi sfociano nell'Oceano Atlantico e nell'Oceano Pacifico).
E' il passo dell'Alaska più alto percorribile tutte l'anno, anche se durante l'inverno non sono infrequenti le valanghe e spesso e volentieri i TIR finiscono fuori strada.
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Sagwon, Alaska , the free encyclopedia
Sagwon is a small unincorporated community in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States. It is above the Arctic Circle. It is known for the Gallagher Flint Station Archeological Site which was discovered during the construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline.
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Fort Wainwright , the free encyclopedia
Fort Wainwright is a United States Army post adjacent to Fairbanks in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is part of the Fairbanks, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was established in 1961 when the former United States Air Force base, Ladd Field, was transferred to the Army and redesignated in honor of World War II general Jonathan M. Wainwright. From 1963 to 1972 it was home to the 171st Infantry Brigade, mechanized until 1969, then light. During that time, the 172nd Infantry Brigade was at Fort Richardson, in Anchorage. From 1986 to 1994 Fort Wainwright was the home of the 6th Infantry Division (Light), including serving as the division's headquarters from 1990 to 1994. From 1998 to 2006, it was home to the 172nd Infantry Brigade, which was reorganized in 2003 as the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), part of the U.S. Army's transition program to include six SBCTs. In 2006, the 172nd was re-flagged as the 1st brigade of the 25th Infantry Division. Fort Wainwright is also
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Coldfoot, Alaska , the free encyclopedia
Coldfoot is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. The population was 13 at the 2000 census. Coldfoot primarily serves as a truck stop on the Dalton Highway from Fairbanks to Prudhoe Bay. North of Coldfoot, there are no services for 240 miles (400 km), until Deadhorse. It has a restaurant and a small number of overnight accommodations (converted pipeline construction camp quarters). Bus tours along the highway typically take two days with passengers spending the night in Coldfoot. The BLM, USFWS, and NPS jointly staff a small visitor center during the summer. The Coldfoot truck stop was founded by Iditarod champion Dick Mackey who started his operation by selling hamburgers out of a converted school bus. Truckers helped build the existing truck stop and cafe. The town was originally a mining camp named Slate Creek, and around 1900 got its present name when prospectors going up the nearby Koyukuk River would get "cold feet" and turn
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Deadhorse, Alaska , the free encyclopedia
Deadhorse is an unincorporated community in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States, along the North Slope near the Arctic Ocean. The town consists mainly of facilities for the workers and companies that operate at the nearby Prudhoe Bay oil fields. Deadhorse is accessible via the Dalton Highway from Fairbanks, or the Deadhorse Airport. Limited accommodations are also available for tourists. Companies with facilities in Deadhorse service Prudhoe Bay, nearby oil fields, and the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS), which brings oil from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez on the south-central Alaska coast. Facilities in Deadhorse are built entirely on man-made gravel pads and usually consist of pre-fabricated modules shipped to Deadhorse via barge or air cargo. Deadhorse is featured on the third season of Ice Road Truckers, a Canadian reality television series airing on the History Channel.[ref name="history.com"]http://www.history.com/content/iceroadtruckers-season-three[/ref] The show, which
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E. L. Patton Yukon River Bridge , the free encyclopedia
The E. L. Patton Yukon River Bridge is a girder bridge spanning the Yukon River in Yukon–Koyukuk, Alaska. The bridge carries both the Dalton Highway and the Alaska Pipeline in connecting Fairbanks with Deadhorse near the Arctic Ocean and the Prudhoe Bay Oil Field. Upon completion, the E. L. Patton Yukon River Bridge became the first permanent bridge crossing of the Yukon River completed in Alaska,[ref name="June 9, 1975"][/ref] and remains as the only bridge crossing of the Yukon in Alaska today.
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Magic Bus
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Christopher Johnson McCandless, anche detto Alex Supertramp, è il personaggio che ha ispirato il film "Into the Wild". A 24 anni ha mollato tutto, studi, soldi, carriera e ha deciso di girovagare senza meta per gli Stati Uniti.
Il suo sogno era quello di vivere totalmente in mezzo alla natura selvaggia e ha scelto questo posto, il Parco Nazionale di Denali, per passare il lungo inverno dell'Alaska, passando le sue giornate in questo pulmino abbandonato, il "Magic Bus".
E' qua che fu trovato morto da alcuni cacciatori, le piene di fine estate dei fiumi gli hanno impedito di tornare sui suoi passi ed è morto di fame, intossicato da alcune erbe trovate sul posto
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Fairbanks
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Deadhorse
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