Posted: 5/9/2010 10:12:32 AM EDT
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Hi Alaska!
I'll be coming up to the north slope in a few weeks to work for 5 weeks. Outdoors Any tips? |
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Expect to be stuck inside a large maze of conex's and atco building for the duration of the stay. Anything outdoors besides work is reserved for the "land owning native folk". Get used to lots of large fellows on high protein diet who shower every few days and watching TV a lot. Maybe bring a few dozen books or a laptop full of movies.
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Quoted: Get used to lots of large fellows on high protein diet who shower every few days and watching TV a lot. From Oklahoma, Texas, and Louisiana. Do bring a camera, there's lots of caribou, brown bears, foxes, weasels to see. Maybe a light mask, because the light at 3 A.M. is about the same as at 3 P.M. I never found the bugs to be that bad on the gravel pads. Who are you going to be working for? I have worked construction up there on Halliburton & Schlumberger's facilities. |
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Expect to be stuck inside a large maze of conex's and atco building for the duration of the stay. Anything outdoors besides work is reserved for the "land owning native folk". Get used to lots of large fellows on high protein diet who shower every few days and watching TV a lot. Maybe bring a few dozen books or a laptop full of movies. Yeah, my buddy has been up there for a year now, I've heard the stories about these guys. One of them is called homeless santa klaus. I can't wait. 
I'll be contracting for BP doing rope access supervising NDT people. Looking forward to the wildlife! |