RAOUL DRAPEAU is an inventor, engineer, educator, author, and commercial arbitrator. His most recent book is The Art and Methods of Invention (Flag Books, 1998). He lives in Vienna, Virginia.
WITH CREATIVE ENGINEERING AND HEROIC ENDURANCE, FREEZING, BELEAGUERED WORKERS PUSHED THE CANOL PIPELINE THROUGH THE BRUTAL ARCTIC WILDERNESS DURING WORLD WAR II. BUT IT WAS A PROJECT THAT SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN STARTED.