Video: Pipeline boom and bust in rural Alaska

Bob and Jeanne Sunder arrived in Copper Center nearly five decades ago. Their plan: buy a small grocery store, raise their four kids, and enjoy rural Alaska living. Little did they know, an army of workers would soon descend on their small town to help build the trans-Alaska pipeline.

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