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Forskning för längre skidsäsong Norrbottens Kuriren (Gällivare, Kuriren, Sweden); November 10, 2000 Ett 3—5-ärigt forsknigsproject med primärt mål att förlänga längdsskidåknings-säsongen i Gällivare pågår vid Dundrets skidstadium.  Ursprungsmetoden är hämtad från Alaska och går ut på att leda bort värme ur marken.  — Man kan saga att vi försöker skapa ett slags permafrost på konstgjord väg, berättar doktoranden Anna Forsström från Luleå tekniska universitet. RÖRKONSTRUKTION. Eric Jonson, Anchorage, arbetar här med den del av anläggningen …

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Scientists Aim to Freeze Chena Hot Springs Ground Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (AK); September 8, 1998 Scientists have decided it’s time to freeze that asphalt-buckling villain permafrost in its tracks. At a test site on Chena Hot Springs Road, construction crews are installing grids of carbon dioxide-filled steel pipes – called thermosyphons – engineered to carry away heat from below the road’s surface.  The intent is to freeze the permafrost permanently. “Chena Hot Springs Road hasn’t …

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TRADE LINE – A Publication of World Trade Center Alaska; Summer 1998 (Excerpt) Another member of World Trade Center Alaska making inroads into the world market with their products is Erwin L. (Erv) Long, P.E., President of Arctic Foundations, Inc.  Arctic Foundations does exactly what their name indicates; they build specialty foundation components for structures in Arctic environments.  The structures could be buildings, bridges, and docks or pipeline supports.  Each design is different because, across …

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Waste Treatment Technology News; April 1998 A foundation-shoring technique has led to a waste containment technology.  Arctic Foundations, Inc. (5621 Arctic Blvd., Anchorage, AK 99518; Tel:  907/562-2741, Fax: 907/562-0153) has pioneered a ground-freezing process it calls a “cryogenic barrier.”  Originally developed to prevent foundation slumping after seasonal freeze/thaw cycles in the Alaskan tundra, the company was approached by the Department of Energy (DOE) to undertake a project freezing soils surrounding a contaminated pond at Oak …

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Knoxville News-Sentinel (TN); Section A; April 12, 1997 OAK RIDGE – Nuclear winter? A test project on the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge reservation will freeze the ground in an effort to stem the spread of radioactive contamination. Arctic Foundations Inc., a company based in Alaska, has a $1 million contract to conduct the demonstration over the next couple of years. Preliminary work will begin later this month. The project will create a barrier of …

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