Davis County Clipper | 1942-01-16 | Page 2 | Speed Alaskan Defenses in Arctic Hardships

Speed Alaskan Defenses Defense in Arctic Hardship Hardships ALASKA Despite ALASKA Despite zero below weather inadequate t transportation facilities and formidable formidable able natural obstacles the corps of 01 engineers is speedily building AmerIca America Amer Amer- ica teas defense outposts in the tho tar far reaches of Alaska Roads landing fields dock facilities and modern army posts are appearing in this thu uncharted Arctic wilderness Temperatures range from r roder oder- ate in southeastern Alaska a to extreme ex cx- trenie cold even in the central centri sec tion where winter temperatures res as low as 50 W degrees below zero are not uncommon High winds often make unloading of materials from ships extremely dangerous In the fue coastal coast al regions of western and southwestern southwest ern Alaska sudden high winds known knO as present a serious hazard to flying shipping and other I operations These disturbances which are aro more frequent from OcI Oc- Oc I to r to March are usually of short I duration but violent