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Where Alaska's oil industry and wilderness meet

Season 2017 Episode 1129 | 2m 43s

In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, oil started flowing down the Trans-Alaska Pipeline 40 years ago. Every summer, thousands of workers file through Deadhorse, Alaska, an operations center for the oil field, including postal worker Les Dunbar. Eric Keto of Alaska Public Media offers a profile.

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