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1993
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Modern Marvels
The Alaskan Oil Pipeline 5 Season 16 Episode
44 min
1993
8.7
In 1973, a desperate America, starved by an OPEC embargo, began construction on an 800-mile lifeline for its insatiable oil hunger. Weโll examine this technological triumph, built over impenetrable mountains and tundra, where temperatures drop to 75 below zero. We also study its impact on a fragile ecological system.
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