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Coldfoot is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. The population was 34 at the 2020 census . It is said that the name was derived from travelers getting "cold feet" about making the 240-some-mile journey north to Deadhorse.
Coldfoot Airport covers an area of 288 acres (117 ha) at an elevation of 1,042 feet (318 m) above mean sea level.It has one runway designated 1/19 with a gravel surface measuring 4,000 by 100 feet (1,219 x 30 m).
This is a list of airports in Alaska (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
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According to the National Park website: [4] The purpose of Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve is to preserve the vast, wild, undeveloped character and environmental integrity of Alaska's central Brooks Range and to provide opportunities for wilderness recreation and traditional subsistence uses.
Dalton Highway: The truckers make stops at Fairbanks, Coldfoot, Deadhorse and the oilfields of Prudhoe Bay as in Season 3, as well as the following new destinations: Bettles, Alaska: Located near the center of Alaska along the remains of the Hickel Highway, this small town is accessible from the Dalton only by driving over frozen swampland.
Deadhorse is an unincorporated community located within the CDP of Prudhoe Bay in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States, along the North Slope near the Arctic Ocean.The town consists mainly of facilities for the workers and companies that operate at the nearby Prudhoe Bay Oil Field.
The construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System included over 800 miles (1,300 km) of oil pipeline, 12 pump stations, and a new tanker port.Built largely on permafrost during 1975–77 between Prudhoe Bay and Valdez, Alaska, the $8 billion effort required tens of thousands of people, often working in extreme temperatures and conditions, the invention of specialized construction techniques ...