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"Built in 1942 for the Allied war effort, the highway was originally for the sole use of the military. Soon, however, the military use of the road was supplanted by tourism, oil and gold development, and logging, The authors, both geographers, discuss the read's history and include special in-depth sections on topics ranging from the aurora borealis to the midnight sun; the boreal forest to the First Nations peoples; and the grizzly bear to the king salmon." "Each chapter of The Alaska Highway: A Geographical Discovery contains a description of that day's route, a personal journal entry, and a detailed travel log pointing out the many cultural and natural phenomena encountered along the route."--BOOK JACKET.
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