FLAXMAN ISLAND ALASKA
(AKA BULLEN POINT)
POW-3

• POW-3 at BULLEN POINT Alaska, is situated at an altitude of approximately 6 feet above sea level. Bullen Point, on the mainland, faces Flaxman Island (the radio call name for POW-3) and consists of generally low swampy tundra. this Auxilliary Radar Station occupies 620 acres and is the lowest site insofar as elevation is concerned on the DEW Line. The airstrip lies on higher ground, some 10 feet above the terrain at the module train.

• Annual precipitation, including snowfall is approximately 11 inches. Snowfall, greatest during January and October is about 25 inches a year. Mean daily temperatures run between a minimum of plus 3.8 to a maximum of plus 15 degrees Fahrenheit.

• To provide a constant source of potable water during the cold season, a round trip water haul of approximately 3 miles is maintained during the summer. A 250,000 gallon steel water tank located near the module train is filled during this period. The content of the tank is kept from freezing by circulating water through it from a hot water boiler rated at 1,500,000 BTU per hour capacity.

Following 4 photos courtesy John Conway.

1. Our temporary construction camp at Bullen, old Dew site in background. Photo taken in the "spring" after we shoveled out the drifts a bit to get the camp fired back up for another construction season.

2. SRR Power Generation Sub-System for one of the sites. Lister air-cooled diesels. Mechron Energy did the PGSS install in Alaska too.

3. Base of the tower at Bullen. We had to fly in in 1995 to reset the SAT-Com gear after the sun transients blipped the link. Also someone had tried to break-in and the intrusion detection system had gone off. Mind you, it took three days to get there due to weather. Nobody made it inside, just rattled the door a bit.

4. Technical Services Building (TSB) at Bullen at the same time

Photos 5 - 7 courtesy Chad Garber
5. Short Range Radar Equipment

6. Site Sign

7. Aerial view

8. Another larger scale Site Map