the trans alaska pipeline. and crossing the mighty brooks range of 1000 kilometer long mountain range that runs right across northern alaska. pathway along the route we had cold put little more than a gas station in the middle of the wilderness until the mid 1990 s. the dalton highway was closed to normal traffic anyone wanting to use it needed a special permit from the oil companies now truck drivers tell us they're encountering more and more tourists most come here in the winter to see the northern lights but they often underestimate the risks just beautiful as it is nice as it is it's not to me it's not worth it cause it's it is very dangerous you know and specially come i'm prepared just think about it you might have to walk you know 10 miles in this weather i thought people up here that got there and just have nothing no you know they have light jackets they have you know 10 issues and it's just not very smart it's tourists yeah pretty much. 'd 'd we drive further into the mountains there's been a lot of s

crossing the yukon river we had northwards in the arctic following the route of the trans alaska pipeline. and crossing the mighty brooks range a 1000 kilometer long mountain range that runs right across northern alaska. halfway along the route we had cold put a little more than a gas station in the middle of the wilderness until the mid 1990 s. the dalton highway was closed to normal traffic anyone wanting to use it needed a special permit from the oil companies. now truck drivers tell us they're encountering more and more tourists most come here in the winter to see the northern lights but they often underestimate the risks it is beautiful as it is nice as it is it's not to me it's not worth it because it's it is very dangerous you know and specially come unprepared just think about it you might have to walk you know 10 miles in this weather that's all people up here they got here and just they're not that you know you know they have light jackets they have you know tennis shoes or and it's just not very smart it's tourists yeah pretty much. 'd we drive further into the mountains there'

in the late eighties, the trans-alaska pipeline was pumping about 25% of america's energy needs. million barrels a day. that has come down to basically around 500,000 barrels a day. and the demand across america continuing to rise, of course. when oil was discovered, the federal government had to settle the land claims. we didn't want it to be a welfare bill. we had to remind congress we're a proud people that are self-sustaining, self-reliant, and that we want to keep it that way. so, they came up with ancsa, alaska native claim settlement act, which is pretty unique. our portion was 5 million acres of land to be selected, and $22 million to start our businesses. trying to select those lands while we were being left out of the most highly potential areas, that was the challenge. it was almost like we were set up to fail. but we didn't. i guess there was some concern, wondering what a few savage eskimos would do with millions of dollars, right? from the early days of right around '94, we were able to grow the company to about 225 million in revenue. today, we're close to 3 billio

crossing the yukon river we had northwards in the arctic following the route of the trans alaska pipeline. and crossing the mighty brooks range of 2000 kilometer long mountain range that runs right across northern alaska. kept way along the route we had cold put little more than a gas station in the middle of the wilderness until the mid 1990 s. the dalton highway was closed to normal traffic anyone wanting to use it needed a special permit from the oil companies now truck drivers tell us they're encountering more and more tourists most come here in the winter to see the northern lights but they often underestimate the risks it's beautiful as it is nice as it is not to me it's not worth it cause it's it is very dangerous you know and specially come i'm prepared just think about it you might have to walk you know 10 miles in this weather that's all people up here that go out there and just have nothing no you know they have light jackets they have you know tennis shoes and it's just not there's.

i hope that you would agree that the resource-based, the assets we have, things like the trans-alaska pipeline and why it's important to keep it filled up are important not only from an asset perspective but for the jobs and the security that they provide to the nation. ms. granholm: senator, i completely understand this. i so appreciate your sincere passion on the part of people you represent who are full of anxiety. the experience -- i get this so much because the experience i had in michigan sears my soul on behalf of workers who were feeling utter anxiety about who is better than a higher me? the amazing opportunity we have is you and i discussed is for states like alaska in particular because it's a state where we can pilot so many different types of technology, but as senator barrasso and senator manchin has said, the use of technology allows us to be able to ensure families that they can still have a job and we can use technology to reduce carbon emissions and that we can still use the resources we have and we can reduce carbon emissions. i completely understand what you are sa

so when i think about the asset we have in alaska, the trans-alaska pipeline, we have in flowing oil to help the people of california so that they don't have to import as much oil from venezuela or the middle east. think that actually helps -- we think that actually helps. we think our mineral base helps the country, not just for jobs, but it helps us. so i hope that you would agree that the resource-based -- the assets that we have from an asset perspective, but for the jobs and the security that they provide to the nation. governor granholm: senator, i completely understand this and i so appreciate your sincere passion of the part of the people you represent who are full of anxiety. i feel like i get this so much, because the experience i had in michigan seared my soul on behalf of workers who were feeling after anxiety over, who is ever going to hire me? so the amazing opportunity that we have is for states, and alaska in particular because of being a state where we can pilot so many different types of technology, but as senator barrasso said and senator manchin said, the use of t