 Stevens Village, Alaska
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 Brooks Range, north of the timberline
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 The north side of the Brooks Range
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 The North Slope
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 North Slope, Alaska
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 Colville River, Alaska
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 Tundra Polygons
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 Tundra Polygons
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 A camp on the Price River
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 A camp on the Price River
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 Tundra
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 Lakes and tundra, near Barrow, Alaska
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 Sea Ice, 25 miles north of Barrow
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 Sea ice, north of Barrow
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 Sea ice, north of Barrow
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 Sea ice, north of Barrow
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 Sea ice, north of Barrow
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 Northstar Island, built 1999-2001, by BP.
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 Northstar Island, built 1999-2001, by BP.
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 Endicott Island, and artificial island built in 1987, used by BP and Exxon.
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 BP's Liberty project is near Endicott Island. In 2011 they will drill several wells 2 miles down then 6-8 miles horizontally under the Beaufort Sea.
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 BP's Liberty project is near Endicott Island. In 2011 they will drill several wells 2 miles down then 6-8 miles horizontally under the Beaufort Sea.
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 The "small boxes" are enclosures for oil wells, one well inside each box.
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 Prudhoe Bay oil wells
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 Tundra / ice truck
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 Loons
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 Tundra swans and oil wells, Prudhoe Bay
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 Gas flares
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 Deadhorse has fast internet!
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 Oil Wells
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 Oil wells and a drilling rig, Prudhoe Bay
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 This pump station is the beginning of the Alaska Pipeline, going from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez, 800 miles and 4 feet in diameter.
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 This pump station is the beginning of the Alaska Pipeline, going from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez, 800 miles and 4 feet in diameter.
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 This pump station is the beginning of the Alaska Pipeline, going from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez, 800 miles and 4 feet in diameter.
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 This pump station is the beginning of the Alaska Pipeline, going from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez, 800 miles and 4 feet in diameter.
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 Oil Wells, Prudhoe Bay
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 Oil Wells, Prudhoe Bay
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 Camp STP, Prudhoe Bay. The building out on the end is the seawater treatment plant. They inject treated seawater into wells to replace the oil and maintain pressure.
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 Camp STP
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 Camp STP
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 Seawater treatment plant. They inject treated seawater into wells to replace the oil and maintain pressure.
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 BP's Liberty project is near Endicott Island. In 2011 they will drill several wells 2 miles down then 6-8 miles horizontally under the Beaufort Sea.
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 BP's Liberty project is near Endicott Island. In 2011 they will drill several wells 2 miles down then 6-8 miles horizontally under the Beaufort Sea.
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 BP's Liberty project is near Endicott Island. In 2011 they will drill several wells 2 miles down then 6-8 miles horizontally under the Beaufort Sea. This is one on the most advanced drilling rigs in the world.
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 BP's Liberty project is near Endicott Island. In 2011 they will drill several wells 2 miles down then 6-8 miles horizontally under the Beaufort Sea. This is one on the most advanced drilling rigs in the world.
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 BP's Liberty project is near Endicott Island. In 2011 they will drill several wells 2 miles down then 6-8 miles horizontally under the Beaufort Sea. This is one on the most advanced drilling rigs in the world.
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 BP's Liberty project is near Endicott Island. In 2011 they will drill several wells 2 miles down then 6-8 miles horizontally under the Beaufort Sea. This is one on the most advanced drilling rigs in the world.
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 BP's Liberty project is near Endicott Island. In 2011 they will drill several wells 2 miles down then 6-8 miles horizontally under the Beaufort Sea. This is one on the most advanced drilling rigs in the world.
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 Endicott Island, North Slope, Alaska
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 The town of Deadhorse, Alaska, near Prudhoe Bay.
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 Endicott Island (top) and Liberty Project (right)
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