Sunday, January 15, 2012

Nome alaska fuel

  • Nome's record low temperatures make it a wonder that cars even start. And an even bigger shock comes at the gas pump in the small northeastern Alaska town: prices of $6 a gallon, a cost that's only expected to climb.
  • (Time)
  • A Russian fuel tanker has arrived at its final destination in Alaska and is sitting some 460 yards away from where fuel will be transferred to the iced-in city of Nome. Jason Evans, board chairman of the Sitnasuak Native Corp.
  • (Florida Today)
  • NOME, Alaska — A Russian ship carrying vital fuel to a remote Alaskan port could finally deliver its load Saturday after battling through some 300 miles (480 km) of Arctic ice, the US Coast Guard said.
  • (Google)
  • That fuel is bound for Nome, a city of about 3,500 on Alaskas western coast. A huge storm this fall delayed delivery by barge and by the time the weather had improved Nome was iced-in.
  • (Yahoo Finance)
  • The normal shipment of fuel was delayed by a storm in November.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • Winter continues to wallop Alaska with some weather and some challenges that even the seen-it-all locals seem to be amazed about.
  • (WBUR)
  • ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- A Russian tanker carrying much-needed fuel for the iced-in Alaska city of Nome was less than 190 miles away on Saturday and was making slow but steady progress, a company official said.
  • (Yahoo Finance)
  • NOME, Alaska (AFP) - A Russian ship carrying vital fuel has arrived at this remote Alaskan port after battling through some 480km of Arctic ice, an official said.
  • (Straits Times)
  • (CNN) -- The Coast Guard icebreaker and Russian fuel tanker trying to resupply icebound Nome, Alaska, made no progress on Tuesday, a Coast Guard spokesperson said early Wednesday.
  • (San Diego Channel)

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