Alaska Mega Machines

A ship built to endure tsunami size waves travels on a highway unlike any other in North America; a fleet of machines combats a huge flood in the Arctic Circle; the biggest, most powerful wind turbines in Alaska.

The Yeti, which helps keep the coldest airport in America running; tugboats that breakup ice in Alaska's busiest port; and the coldest Army post in the country.

Alaskan engineers build a massive dam to power an entire town; the world's largest helicopters; Alaska's largest boat lift hauls a 400-ton fishing ship in high winds.

Alaska's Coast Guard fights dangerous waters to maintain buoys; machinery finds big rewards 800 feet below Alaska's surface; Alaskans build a steel ferry.

A barge carries an entire train along Alaska's high seas; a flying ambulance saves lives at 14,000 feet; 16 missiles stand by to prevent a nuclear disaster.

An airport made from nothing but water and ice; an Alaskan fish factory churns out millions of pounds of seafood a day; hardy vehicles brave the arctic to travel across the tundra.

250 miles North of the Arctic Circle, a machine keeps the state's oil economy running.

250 miles north of the Arctic Circle, a machine keeps the state's oil economy running.