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Article: Turning a cold climate into cold cash: Fairbanks is doing research that is leading the way to economic benefit from its Arctic environment.
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- Alaska Business Monthly
- Article date:
- February 1, 2004
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In Fairbanks, severe cold-climate temperature is just another vehicle for more economic development. The Fairbanks Economic Development Corp. has ramped up its recruitment of severe-climate vehicle testing teams. FEDC discovered long ago that one of the community's strengths and assets is, in fact, Arctic winters. FEDC knows a thing or two about cold-climate vehicle evaluation and has been promoting the region's security, secrecy and "perfect" weather conditions for years.
"Most people wouldn't consider reliably cold-winter weather a strength," says Charlie Walker, FEDC's president & CEO. "But to severe climate vehicle testing teams, Fairbanks is a perfect ...
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