The Thin Line Between Alaska and Canada

By Ned Rozell | Geophysical Institute on Jul 13, 2019   Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

  Marked by metal cones and a clear-cut swath 20 feet wide, Alaska’s border with Canada is one of the great feats of wilderness surveying. The boundary between Alaska and Canada is 1,538 miles long. The line is obvious in some places, such as the Yukon River valley, where crews have cut a straight line […]