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Prudhoe Bay Oilfield

Start of the Alaska Pipeline
Arctic Ocean Trek

June 22nd 2011
Visited the Prudhoe Bay oilfields at the Arctic coast. After a nice walk on the "beach" and a dip in the Arctic Ocean (Beaufort Sea), we stayed overnight in Deadhorse at the oilfield's seismic workers' camp, then drove 2 days back down to Fairbanks along the Dalton Highway (800 km of dirt and gravel - nice!). By the way, plumbing facilities are scarce north of Fairbanks! ... read more
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23rd June 2011

Drill baby drill
It's apparently the god given right of every Alaskan to screw up the environment so they can have the cash to buy a new snow machine

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