Norm, Phyllis, Alan and I extended the Alaska adventure with a trip up to Barrow, the northernmost US city, Deadhorse/Prudhoe Bay, where the oil fields are, then down the Dalton Highway back to Fairbanks.
Weather radio equipment
The first "rest stop" on the Dalton Highway. TONS of mosquitoes.
Alan examines the pipeline
Tour guide Mike talks about the pipeline
The Trans-Alaska Pipeline running north
Pipeline support 4729-75
Heat exchanger on a pipeline support post
Cloudberry on the arctic tundra
Tour guide Mike hammers rebar into the ground to see how down the permafrost layer is
Pump Station 3
Dall Sheep on a mountainside
A sinkhole exposes the solid ice permafrost
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