North Slope

Scott has been working on the North Slope for 10 years now and it's never worked out for me to go up there until now. They needed someone to teach an ACLS class so the company even paid my way up there. This sign and what you see in the background pretty much sums it up - animals have the right away (people lose their jobs if they harass them in anyway) and there's a lot of flat land and snow...
This is an Air Force outpost near his camp...

A drilling rig on the main road towards camp - they were moving it back towards town. Scott's camp is about a 1 1/2 hour drive from Deadhorse.

This is the drilling rig at Scott's camp (similiar to the one I saw being moved on the road).

I thought this was funny - a fire extinguisher in the middle of an ice field...

huh?

Here's another picture that sums it up - miles and miles of flat land...

Driving on an ice road!! We were headed out to Oogurick which is an island that's been built about 7 miles offshore.

Oogurick - within the next week or so they will close down the ice road and helicopter everyone out there. Once everything is melted they will use boats to get people back and forth.

These are bear cages - when you come out of the building it gives you the opportunity to look around for any polar bears before going out into open area.

Oogurick's ambulance...