thecomptons.typepad.com > alaska.the north slope.may 2006

the pictures in this album were all taken during the course of my field trip to the kuparuk oil field. this field trip was free and hosted by conocophillips, in conjunction with the 2006 cordilleran section gsa meeting. this field trip took place on saturday, may 6, 2006. it was reportedly 7 degrees farenheit when we stopped for lunch at olitok point, overlooking the frozen artic ocean. this was a phenomenally exciting trip. this album is also a work in progress.

White_out_landing_at_kuparuk
White_out
Kuparuk_pipes
Plane_and_landing_strip
The Pipeline and River
Another Aerial of the Pipeline
Kuparuk Road and Feeder Pipelines
Icicle Truck
Cpf_number_something
Another Pipeline Aerial
Drilling Site
Drilling_site_1
Icicle_truck_1
Img_5652_copy
The Brooks Range
Not_a_real_person
The_biggest_baddest_drill_site_in_the_ar
Satellite_and_dorms
Processing_facility
Lonely_white_road
Well_housing
Well_head
Well_house
Restricted_access
Oliktok_point_facility
Oliktok
Lunch_at_oliktok_point
Oliktok_lunch_stop
Lunch_with_view_of_beaufort_sea
Standing_on_the_beaufort_sea
Me_and_rach
View_from_beaufort_sea
Walking_on_the_artic_ocean
Standing_on_the_beaufort
Wendy_on_the_beaufort
Wendy_and_snow_angels
Michele_and_wendy_at_oliktok_point
Kuparuk_river_unit_bus_sign
The_yeti_i
Yeti_trips_and_falls