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Canadian girls join Arctic oil frontier workers at Norman Wells
A group of 20 Canadian women work at Norman Wells near the Arctic Circle, serving as stenographers, clerks, waitresses and laundry staff for Imperial Oil. The outpost fuels Allied bases in the Alaskan theater and grew from wartime demand as exploration began decades earlier.
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Western Plains
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Arctic Circle
Norman Wells
Imperial Oil Limited
Standard Oil Company
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