Trans-Alaska Pipeline

American  

[trans-uh-las-kuh, tranz-, trans-, tranz-] / ˈtræns əˈlæs kə, ˈtrænz-, ˌtræns-, ˌtrænz- /

noun

1. a pipeline system opened in 1977 that transports oil 800 miles (1,300 km) across Alaska, from Prudhoe Bay on the North Slope S to Valdez harbor.

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Example Sentences

It is roughly the same length as the Trans-Alaska Pipeline.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Gary Sotherden worked on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System for a few years before embarking on the hunting trip from which he never returned.

From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2023

To avoid problems with the permafrost, 420 miles of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline were built on an elevated support system that keeps the pipe about six feet above the ground.

From Scientific American • Jul. 17, 2021

The first mile of the 800-mile Trans-Alaska Pipeline extends across the frozen tundra near the Alyeska Pipeline Services pump station in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska.

From Washington Post • May 16, 2018

Comparisons have also been drawn between McCandless and Carl McCunn, an affable absentminded Texan who moved to Fairbanks during the 1970s oil boom and found lucrative employment on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction project.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer