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Prudhoe Bay, allot of open space, with snow surrounded by snow...
TRAVEL: 1981
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all photos are copyright, d. holmes chamberlin jr, architect llc
Beautiful and eerie snow drifts, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, 1981.
Only a few inches of snow fall each year in Prudhoe... it just blows around into deep drifts.
Me, enjoying the luxury of my "hotel" room, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, 1981.
The three guys I traveled with, Mike, Francis, and my boss, Tony, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, 1981.
New building modules arriving at the dock, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, 1981.
New building modules being prepared for installation, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, 1981.
Detail of one of the unique prefabricated structures that house workers at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, 1981.
The structures are raised above the permafrost on stilts.
The structures are heated for living, so the legs contain coolers so that no heat is transferred to the ground.
A view of the pipeline, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, 1981.
My boss, Tony Johs, talking to a policeman in the mniddle of nowhere, Pruhoe Bay, Alaska, 1981.
There was nothing but snow everywhere... a few narrow roadways to get from one facility to another.
I saw only one stop sign at a lonely intersection... my boss ran the stop sign.
We never let him live it down.
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