Brooks Range


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Brooks Range,

mountain chain, northernmost part of the Rocky Mts., extending about 600 mi (970 km) from east to west across N Alaska. Mt. Chamberlin, 9,020 ft (2,749 m) high, near the Canadian border, is the highest peak. Rugged, barren, snow-covered, and uninhabited, Brooks Range separates the oil-rich Arctic Ocean coastal plain from the Yukon River basin. An oil pipeline was built across the range in 1977; it begins at Prudhoe Bay in the north and extends to the port of Valdez, in S Alaska.

Brooks Range

a mountain range in N Alaska. Highest peak: Mount Isto, 2761 m (9058 ft.)
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The North Slope of Alaska is the 230000 [km.sup.2] area north of the crest of the Brooks Range. This area is divided into three regions: the Arctic Coastal Plain, the Arctic Foothills, and the Brooks Range.
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Although this hunt wasn't a success by traditional standards, as good fortune would have it, I met another bowhunter named Bill Pettett in the Brooks Range. We have a saying that's used often at the office: "Meet new people, make new friends!" Bill quickly became a great friend.
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High above the Brooks Range, the beauty is magnificent.
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Further diversification may stem from the dinosaurs' partial isolation in the north by land barriers, such as the east-west running Brooks Range.
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"North of the Brooks Range, the natural gas in the pipeline is proposed to be cooled to below freezing to maintain the stability of thaw-sensitive soils, thereby reducing thaw-related movement of the pipeline," the companies said in filings with regulators.
North Slope gas pipeline challenge: 'Goldilocks' effect of permafrost
When the road ends, I board an 8-seater plane and head into the remote Brooks Range, where I meet with locals and learn about their lifestyle.
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Of special note is an appendix providing the reader with a framework for a tour of North Slope natural history features along the Dalton Highway running between the Brooks Range with Prudhoe Bay and the Arctic Ocean.
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She decides to go with teaching -- until the Department of Education chairman makes a last-minute, off-the-cuff remark about wishing he could see the arctic Brooks Range some day.
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For example, back in the day the entire Brooks Range in Alaska would have been used as a location where today, this may be drilled down into more specific drainages.
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(a wholly owned subsidiary of TG World) is partnered with operator Brooks Range Petroleum Corp., Alaska Venture Capital Group, Brooks Range Development Corp.
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International Resource News-30 September 2009-TG World Energy settles disputes with AVCG and Brooks Range Petroleum(C)2009 ENPublishing - http://www.enpublishing.co.uk
TG World Energy settles disputes with AVCG and Brooks Range Petroleum

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