STEAM BATH

STEAM BATH

ROBERT DeBERRY/Frontiersman

Mat-Su Borough employee Mark Cowley takes cover inside his rain suit as mud and steam shoot out of the ground. Cowley is using a high-pressure hose that shoots water heated between 400 and 600 degrees deep into the ground to thaw ice so a culvert can be put in.

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