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| | Driving the "Haul Road" to Deadhorse, Alaska |
 | | The road is gravel, the steepest grade is 12 percent (a 12 foot rise in elevation for every 100 foot of travel), the highest summit is Atigun Pass at 4,800 feet, and the major attraction is the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. |
 | | We left, in part, because of the weather, in part, to the lack of anything other than oil fields and well houses to look at, and because we had to be back in Eagle River in two-and-a-half days. |
 | | Several hours outside of Deadhorse heading south, we came upon a herd of three extra-large bull Musk Ox -- directly at the side of the road. |
| web.hulteen.com /eric/deadhorse.html (1650 words) |
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