Chapter 8: Escape from the North Slope

My name is Angela Menendez, and I used to be a professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. I taught atmospheric sciences. As a climatologist, I also worked at the university's Alaska Climate Research Center, where I conducted research on the impact of the powerful greenhouse gas methane on global temperatures. Of course, that was before Hell Day, before Fairbanks fell to the demons, and my university was destroyed.

My husband, Jack Oswald, was a geology professor at the same university. More importantly, he led our research team that studied one of the giant arctic craters that became known as hell holes. In Hell Holes: What Lurks Below, you can read Jack's account of our team's experiences over the four-day period from when we were hired on the day after the holes appeared until the day after Hell Day, when we began our escape down the Dalton Highway. In case you haven't read his account, I'll begin by briefly summarizing it.

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