devepolment in cold environments-alaska
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- development in cold environments-Alaska
- cold environment in the USA. northern parts of alaska are in the arctic circle
- oil and gas (trans-alaska oil pipeline. provides over half of income)
- mineral resources-tintina gold belt provided $2.2bil. to GDP of alaska in 2013
- fishing-79000 employees/ over $5bil. to economy
- tourism-wilderness scenery/2mil. tourists per year. provides money and employment
- smallest population in the US but the largest state by area
- limited access to resources/ small workforce/ buildings/ extreme weather
- very low temperature/ snow and strong winds/ exposure/ cause injury or death/ healthcare is a long way away from most places
- long way from everyone else/ remote mountainous terrain/ expensive/ winter/ dangerous ice roads/ small towns/ hard for employment/ services can be few and far between or difficult to access
- providing buildings and infrastructure takes a lot of work/ ground and weather are difficult to work with/ very expensive/ most people work in the summer when its warmer and there are longer days/ trans-alaskan pipeline has to be raised above the ground as it is very valued and would cost lots to repair
- challenges
- oppourtunities
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