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0:00.0 | In September 1989, |
0:02.8 | 1989, Doug Muchler reported for duty. |
0:05.1 | He was a counterintelligence officer stationed at Fort Richardson, |
0:08.9 | just outside Anchorage, Alaska. |
0:10.9 | His job was investigating espionage and terrorism, so his first stop was the map room. |
0:16.6 | He needed to get the lay of the land. |
0:18.3 | Doug grew up in Ohio, so learning about the rugged terrain and wilderness of Alaska would take a lot of studying. |
0:27.0 | Alaska is a big place, almost 700,000 square miles, twice the size of Texas. |
0:32.7 | Doug spread out a few maps across the giant table |
0:35.3 | in the center of the room. |
0:36.7 | He scanned the maps. |
0:38.1 | They showed mountain ranges, rivers, lakes, cities, old mining towns, |
0:42.3 | the typical stuff. |
0:43.7 | But then something caught his eye. |
0:46.4 | On a map of Denali National Park, |
0:48.8 | there was an area no bigger than his thumb |
0:51.0 | that was whited out. |
0:52.6 | Doug grabbed a magnifying glass. |
0:54.6 | There were no features. |
0:56.0 | About 60 miles west of Mount McKinley |
0:58.5 | was a small zone labeled, |
1:00.2 | this area not surveyed to date. |
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