[CPEO-MEF] FORMER SITES: Great Sitkin Island (AK)

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

WWII contaminants on an Aleutian island are one step closer to finally being cleaned up

By Morgan Krakow
Anchorage Daily News (AK)
November 28, 2021

Richard Ragle looked at the island as the boat pulled up. He’d studied historical photographs of Great Sitkin Island for years, but it wasn’t exactly what he expected — some things were bigger and others were smaller than he had imagined.

The island, nestled into the Aleutians, has grasses that grow so tall they’re difficult to walk through. It’s green and lush, but has a rugged coastline and a tall ridge often obscured by clouds. And there’s a volcano towering above, a snowy peak mottled with ash deposits, Ragle said.

After a summer of field work, Great Sitkin Island is now closer to being cleaned up after functioning as a naval refueling station during World War II and being abandoned.


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For the entire article, see
https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/rural-alaska/2021/11/28/wwii-contaminants-on-an-aleutian-island-are-one-step-closer-to-finally-being-cleaned-up/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org
Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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