5 Photos That Best Capture Alaska’s Extreme Winter Weather

1) Avalanche on the Dalton Highway

2) Blizzardy Conditions in Prudhoe Bay

3) One of the Most Dangerous Roads in the World

4) The Frozen Waves of the Bering Sea

5) Snow-Covered Everything!

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Worked the Line for almost eight years as a surveyor. Most of the time was spent at PS #4, and it became a home to me, and it is located on the north edge of the Brooks Range. I spent a lot of time at Prudhoe and some time at the Eskimo village of Kaktovik, about 150 miles east of Prudhoe. Hard to believe it, but I miss it all….and, then reality hits me beside the head!! I now have lived in Florida for almost 15 years, and when it gets Below 70 degrees Fahrenheit, I am freezing. Six years before the North Slope I was in the desert of Saudi Arabia for only eight months…hence my blood does not know what the Hell to do…….!!
And the days and days of ice fog!
lol!
Fred Myer -62
it’s shocking Diesel $3.39
Wow, did you see that? $2.42 for regular gas in Fairbanks! Otherwise, ANOTHER WINTER DAY IN ALASKA. ?
Omg we were in Fairbanks for about 13 years. Husband ran the haul road and was in many white outs and the blowing snow used to blow right into the cab and sleeper of the truck. I remember one year when the temperature in Fairbanks was-78 degrees and that was no wind chill factored in. So glad to be outta there!
Of the Miss Alaska? I will have to go thru my box of pictures and they are in storeage
Of the Miss Alaska? I will have to go thru my box of pictures and they are in storeage
I worked in Prudhoe Bay for 12 years…the extreme winter weather is beyond harsh. They often have winter storms where the wind blows for days 50-70 mph with wind chill as cold as -90. Afterwards, it takes a few days to dig out of the snow drifts. Pretty crazy place to work.
LMAO!!!!
Would love to see that picture if you would post it….
3 . Don Statter helped build the ice road to take supplies in to start up Prudoe Bay. They couldn’t shut off the engines to change the oil because it was so cold.
My husband worked on the American Number 1 from 1979 to 1984 out in the Bering Sea. They had one baseball bat for each crew member in case of icing conditions. I have a picture of the M/V Miss Alaska covered in ice after making it back to Kodiak in a bad storm. Some years later she sunk in calm weather. Go figure!
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Nothing else sends chills down my spine then the cold fierceness of the Bering Sea!
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Love them all…
Looks as cold as my wife heart….