Weekly summer tours offered at Poker Flat Research Range
June 3, 2014
907-474-7664
6/4/2014
The University of Alaska Fairbanks' Geophysical Institute will offer free public tours at the Poker Flat Research Range this summer. Guides will be on hand to provide free tours of the lower range weekly on Thursdays from June 12 through July 10, ending with the Golden Days Open House on July 17. Tours will begin at 2 p.m. and last approximately one hour. Visitors are asked to check in at the range's administration building upon arrival.
The Geophysical Institute owns and operates Poker Flat, the only non-federal, university-owned rocket range in the world. It is located 30 miles north of Fairbanks, off the Steese Highway.
ADDITIONAL CONTACTS: Kaz Alvarez, kaz@gi.alaska.edu or 907-474-5036. Diana Campbell, dlcampbell@alaska.edu or 907-474-5229.
ON THE WEB: http://www.pfrr.alaska.edu/
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