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To: elmatador who wrote (72024)1/14/2010 2:45:15 AM
From: Snowshoe  Read Replies (1) of 74559
 
Pole climbers on ice...

Arctic fiber-optic cable could benefit far-flung Alaskans -
TOKYO-LONDON: Polar melt allows route through northwest passage.


By ELIZABETH BLUEMINK
Last Modified: January 13th, 2010 10:36 PM

Alaska Native corporations and a multinational firm are planning to build the first fiber-optic cable between Asia and Europe through the Arctic.

The project, estimated to cost roughly $1 billion, involves laying 10,000 miles of undersea fiber-optic cable from Tokyo, along the Alaska coast, through the Northwest Passage, past the southern coast of Greenland to London, company officials said Wednesday.

more: adn.com

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