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Real-Time Monitoring of Field Measurements for Mine Design: Greens Creek Mine, Admiralty Island, Alaska

Description: Abstract: Researchers at the U.S. Bureau of Mines conducted field investigations at the Greens Creek Mine in southeast Alaska for the purpose of validating computer design of mining methods and assessing real-time monitoring capabilities. The field study required the application of new technology because of the remoteness of the study site, the need for timely acquisition of data, and a limited budget for instruments and data acquisition. Various sensors were installed to monitor rock mass defo… more
Date: 1996
Creator: Orr, T. J. & Beus, Michael J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Wilderness: Overview and Statistics

Description: The U.S. Forest Service established the first protected "wilderness area" under its own discretion in 1924. In 1964, the Wilderness Act established the National Wilderness Preservation System, reserved to Congress the authority to designate wilderness areas, and directed the Secretaries of Agriculture and of the Interior to review certain lands for their wilderness potential. The Act also designated 54 wilderness areas with 9 million acres of Forest Service land. Congress began expanding the Wi… more
Date: December 2, 1994
Creator: Gorte, Ross W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Description: The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) is an area rich in fauna, flora, and oil potential, where development has been debated for over 36 years. Current law forbids oil and gas leasing. This report discusses debate over whether or not to open the ANWR up for development and includes discussion of various legislative options under consideration.
Date: September 5, 1996
Creator: Corn, M. Lynne; Kumins, Lawrence C. & Baldwin, Pamela
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: Alaska fire]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 5 P.M.
Date: June 5, 1990
Duration: 1 minute 05 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Geochemical Survey of the Craig Study Area--Craig and Dixon Entrance Quadrangles and the Western Edges of the Ketchikan and Prince Rupert Quadrangles, Southeast Alaska

Description: The following report documents results taken from a reconnaissance geochemical survey that was conducted in the northwest-trending Alexander terrane, Gravina-Nutzotin overlap assemblage, and Taku terrane in southeast Alaska in the Craig and Dixon Entrance quadrangles and the western edges of the Ketchikan and Prince Rupert quadrangles.
Date: 1994
Creator: Cathrall, John B.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Structure and Emplacement of the Magmatic Intrusions Beneath the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes

Description: The goal of this project was to provide constraints on the subsurface geometry of the vent, feeder conduit(s), and possible intrusive bodies in the Novarupta Basin, Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes (VTTS), Katmai National Park, Alaska. This research was designed to support the Katmai Drilling Project, a consortium involving the DOE, NSF, other government agencies, and several universities. Our work aimed at providing information to help guide site selection and identify targets for the drilling pr… more
Date: January 1, 1992
Creator: Pollard, D. D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Location: 58.393889 -155.385278
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Formal Education among the Siberian Yupik Eskimos on Sivuqaq, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska: an Ethno-Historical Study

Description: The major focus of this study is the effect of formal education on individuals, communities, cultural traditions and values on Siberian Yupik Eskimos of Alaska. The first school on St. Lawrence Island (Sivuqaq), Alaska was founded in 1899 under the direction of Sheldon Jackson. The formal school curriculum for the next thirty years was secretarian. Upon the initial operation of formal schooling on the island, various other forms of schools have impacted the islanders of St. Lawrence. Chapter tw… more
Date: December 1998
Creator: Powell, Pam, 1958-
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Report and Analysis of Test Data From 1998 Trawl Positioning Gear Trails in the Puget Sound Dabob Bay, Washington

Description: A report about a test which can determine which USBL system performs best in conditions that approximate those in Bristol Bay, Alaska. In the future, the Alaska Fisheries Science Center will need to track bottom fishing trawls in order to assess their impact upon the sea floor biology in Alaska.
Date: December 1999
Creator: Connaughey, Robert MC
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oral History Interview with Gerald E. Miller, May 3, 1993

Description: Transcript of an interview with Admiral Jerry (Gerald) Miller, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Miller discusses his assignment to the USS Richmond, Komandorski Island action, the Aleutians Campaign, and his post-World War II naval career.
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Date: May 3, 1993
Creator: Byrd, R. W. (Richard W.) & Miller, Jerry, 1919-2014
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Richard D. Salter, May 1, 1993

Description: Interview with Lieutenant Colonel Richard Salter, an Army Air Corps veteran, concerning his experiences during internment in the Soviet Union after the downing of his bomber by Japanese planes (1943-1944). Salter also discusses Alaskan operations and his postwar career in the Air Force.
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Date: May 1, 1993
Creator: Byrd, Richard; Daniels, John & Salter, Richard D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Crossing the Pond: The Native American Effort in World War II

Description: A non-fiction book about Native Americans serving in the military during World War II, as well as Native American efforts on the home-front. The book also chronicles attempts by Nazi propagandists to exploit Native Americans for the Third Reich, and the postwar experiences of Native Americans. Includes photographs of Native American civilians and military personnel. Index starts on page 219.
Date: 1999
Creator: Franco, Jere' Bishop
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Press

Oral History Interview with Zenji Abe, May 1-4, 1993

Description: Interview with Zenji Abe, an Imperial Japanese Navy veteran, concerning his experiences as a dive-bomber pilot during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, his participation in the Aleutians Campaign in June 1942 and the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot" in May 1944, and the surrender of Rota Island on September 2, 1945.
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Date: 1993-05-01/1993-05-04
Creator: Byrd, Richard; Daniels, John & Abe, Zenji
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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