Breaking Ice for Arctic Oil
The Epic Voyage of the SS Manhattan through the Northwest Passage
Distributed for University of Alaska Press
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Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Strike at Prudhoe Bay State No. 1
2. No Cream Puff
3. Submarines, Blimps, Trains, and Ships
4. "Bienvenu dans ces eaux. Welcome to Canadian waters."
5. A Floating Laboratory
6. In the Passage
7. Through the Passage
8. What Did the Manhattan Prove?
9. Round-trip
Epilogue
Endnotes
Bibliography
Index
“A great read—well organized, well written, and fully referenced—providing many lesser known details about SS Manhattan’s history and the role it played in the Alaska pipeline debate.”
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