SAME Anchorage Post May Mtg - Oil Men in Uniform

This presentation will provide information on the driving forces behind the development of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline and military personnel and engineers' role in oil resource development to support war efforts.

About our speaker:

Speaker: Dr. Phill Wight, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Dr. Philip Wight is an assistant professor of History and Arctic & Northern Studies at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He is an energy and environmental historian, with a focus on infrastructure, mobility, and climate. He teaches classes in Alaska history, the contemporary history of the circumpolar north, as well as energy and climate history.

Dr. Wight wrote his doctoral dissertation on the history of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. His research demonstrates how transportation infrastructures have enormous capacity to influence Alaska’s development, environment as well as lifeways, or ways of life. He is currently finalizing a book manuscript, Arctic Artery: The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System and the World it Made, based on his doctoral research.

Wight's more recent research examines the historical electrification of Alaska, including studies which examine generation and transmission on the Railbelt, as well as technological and energy policy innovation throughout the state.

When not in the archives, Wight could be found cycling, packrafting and skiing throughout Alaska.

*Note: Dr. Wight will be presenting remotely from Fairbanks and a virtual meeting link will be provided. However, we encourage Anchorage Post members and friends to join us in person at the BP Energy Center to network with other members and watch the presentation together.

Info: Arrive at BP Energy Center, get lunch (if ordered), network with colleagues.

Info: Presentation on the development of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, and military personnel and engineers role in oil resource development to support war efforts.

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