The View from the Top of the World - John A Halford - September 1983

John A Halford

INTERNATIONAL DESK - ROY HAS GUIDED his I8-wheeler truck and trailer round the last few hairpin bends of Atigun Pass and down onto the North Slope. Behind us lies 300 miles of one of the most remarkable roads in the world. It connects the oil field at Prudhoe Bay with Fairbanks. I have been riding with Roy since dawn. It has been several hours since we paused at the world's most northerly truck stop, crossed the Arctic Circle and left far behind the last tree. The temperature here has dropped to minus 39 degrees Fahrenheit- not too bad for these parts. It often goes down to minus 60 degrees. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library