Debris Lobe Threatens Dalton Highway

Frozen Debris Lobe A along the Dalton Highway (Credit University of Alaska Fairbanks Institute of Northern Engineering)
Frozen Debris Lobe A along the Dalton Highway
(Credit University of Alaska Fairbanks Institute of Northern Engineering)
Geology and climate are interacting in the Brooks Range, sending masses of debris down mountains toward the Dalton Highway. One of the moving debris lobes has prompted a plan to relocate the road.

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Dan Bross is a reporter at KUAC in Fairbanks.

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