Post by alaskankare on Sept 14, 2016 12:58:23 GMT -9
I am curious if anyone knows what they were working on, or building in Whittier during the "Camp Sullivan" days?
In a recent article from ADN (Alaska Dispatch News) they mentioned the military built the Begich Tower building so that it could house 1,000 people. They also stated:
"The military selected Whittier, on the northwestern edge of Prince William Sound, as a major base in no small part because of the weather. Some observers would call it lousy. Whittier gets almost 198 inches of rain each year, making it the wettest city in Alaska. Wetter than Yakutat or Ketchikan. If it's not raining, it's snowing. The average annual snowfall is 258 inches. Winds can be typhoonal and on most days a lid of clouds obscures the site. All of these factors, planners thought, would make enemy surveillance difficult."
[by Mike Dunham, Begich Towers, home to about half the population of Whittier, gets a much-needed overhaul, Alaska Dispatch News, 08-19-2016]
[ www.adn.com/alaska-life/2016/08/18/begich-towers-home-to-about-half-the-population-of-whittier-gets-a-much-needed-overhaul/ ]
So, what was the military doing that they specifically chose an ice free port, connected to the railroad system, in a location known to have such terrible weather that "surveillance" could not be performed...AND needed 1,000 people to work on it?
In a recent article from ADN (Alaska Dispatch News) they mentioned the military built the Begich Tower building so that it could house 1,000 people. They also stated:
"The military selected Whittier, on the northwestern edge of Prince William Sound, as a major base in no small part because of the weather. Some observers would call it lousy. Whittier gets almost 198 inches of rain each year, making it the wettest city in Alaska. Wetter than Yakutat or Ketchikan. If it's not raining, it's snowing. The average annual snowfall is 258 inches. Winds can be typhoonal and on most days a lid of clouds obscures the site. All of these factors, planners thought, would make enemy surveillance difficult."
[by Mike Dunham, Begich Towers, home to about half the population of Whittier, gets a much-needed overhaul, Alaska Dispatch News, 08-19-2016]
[ www.adn.com/alaska-life/2016/08/18/begich-towers-home-to-about-half-the-population-of-whittier-gets-a-much-needed-overhaul/ ]
So, what was the military doing that they specifically chose an ice free port, connected to the railroad system, in a location known to have such terrible weather that "surveillance" could not be performed...AND needed 1,000 people to work on it?
