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Conference Field Trip - October 11, 2008
Alaska Past, Present, and Future
This excursion begins with a tour of the Large Animal Research Station (LARS) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. You’ll have the opportunity to get an up-close view of the musk oxen, caribou and reindeer that are maintained at LARS for research and education.
From the animal station, you will be taken to one of the most difficult and remarkable engineering feats of modern time: The Trans-Alaska Pipeline. Built in the 1970s after oil was discovered at Prudhoe Bay (1968), the 48-inch diameter, 800-mile pipeline links Prudhoe Bay on the Arctic Ocean with the terminal at Valdez, the northernmost ice-free port in the Western Hemisphere. The flow from this pipeline accounts for roughly 20 percent of U.S. oil production annually.
Next, you’ll head to the end of the Chena Hot Springs Road, 57 miles northeast of Fairbanks where the culmination of the day’s excursion will be the Geo-Thermal Station at Chena Hot Springs Resort. You will witness first hand the incredible technological strides that are being created in the geothermal field – right here in Alaska!
Other activities available to you at the resort: soak in the Rock Lake Hot Springs, experience the Aurora Ice Museum, visit the Chena Renewable Energy Center, and check out the Chena Garden and Greenhouse. Lunch at Chena Hot Springs is included in your tour.
Field trip fee of $100.00 includes:
• Roundtrip transportation
• Box Breakfast
• All entrance fees and taxes
• Geo-Thermal Tour
• Ice Museum Tour
• Lunch at Chena Hot Springs
Cost is $100 per person. Pass to swim in Rock Lake Hot Springs (towel provided) is $15.00 additional per person.