Coen, Ross Allen.

Breaking ice for Arctic oil the epic voyage of the SS Manhattan through the Northwest Passage / [electronic resource] : Ross Coen. - Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, 2012. - xiii, 215 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-204) and index.

Strike at Prudhoe Bay State no. 1 -- No cream puff -- Submarines, blimps, trains, and ships -- "Bienvenu dans ces eaux. Welcome to Canadian waters" -- A floating laboratory -- In the passage -- Through the passage -- What did the Manhattan prove? -- Roundtrip -- Epilogue.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
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Manhattan (Tanker)--History.


Petroleum--Transportation--Alaska.
Tankers--History.--United States
Oil fields--Alaska.


Northwest Passage.


Electronic books.

HE595.P4 / C64 2012eb

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