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Shelley Hughes
1:58 - 2:29
“We are positioned in the next few decades, based on the work that I and others in the legislature did, to become the transportation hub of the Northern Hemisphere. We are positioned to be the crossroads of the globe at the top of the world.”
- Speaker
- Shelley Hughes
- Timestamp
- 1:58 – 2:29
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- August 6, 2026
From the transcript
This is how we need to view Alaska from now on. We need to shift our parameter. Alaska is at the top of the world, and we need to take our rightful place. We are positioned in the next few decades, based on the work that I and others in the legislature did, to become the transportation hub of the Northern Hemisphere. We are positioned to be the crossroads of the globe at the top of the world.
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