The Second Gold Rush
Under Alaska's arctic waste the oil companies have made America's newest - and richest - strike, whose output could rival that of Libya. In two years' time, and at a cost of £2,500 million, the oil will be flowing by pipeline the 800 miles from the Arctic Ocean to Alaska's southern shore. Lured by high wages and a sense of adventure, thousands have poured into Alaska in a second Gold Rush. But that, for many of them, is where the Great American Dream has ended.
John Swinfield reports from Alaska on America's uncertain energy future.
Film cameraman NIGEL WALTERS Film editor GORDON FORSYTH Producer DAVID LLOYD
Assistant editor PAUL ELLIS Editor JOHN DEKKER