CHAPTER 8
BIRTH OF ANILCA
Life in interior Alaska, according to Ginny Hill Wood, revolves around three seasonal events: Freeze-up, Break-up, and Crack-up. The first two are part of Nature’s cycle; Crack-up, on the other hand, is a human phenomenon. Typically occurring in late winter, after months of darkness and subzero temperatures, it
… manifests itself by marriages and other relationships breaking up, flaring tempers, suddenly selling out and splitting for the Lower 48, quitting jobs or school, or maybe just cutting your hair short or shaving your beard.1
In 1979 Crack-up came early and took different forms. The tensions of the boom years, the pressures of the divisive campaign for the proposed Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation ...
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