The Buckner Building in Whittier Alaska withstood what natural disaster that claimed 139 lives?
1964 Alaska earthquake The 1964 Alaskan earthquake, also known as the Great Alaskan earthquake and Good Friday earthquake, occurred at 5:36 PM AST on Good Friday, March 27. Across south-central Alaska, ground fissures, collapsing structures, and tsunamis resulting from the earthquake caused about 139 deaths.
White Mountains National Recreation Area White Mountains National Recreation Area is a National Recreation Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. The national recreation area is located to the north of Fairbanks between the Elliott Highway and the Steese Highway in the White Mountains, with about 1000000 acre within its boundaries. It is managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management as part of the National Landscape Conservation System. Beaver Creek flows through the area and is listed as a wild and scenic river.