Alaska is like a closed treasure box, you need to open the lid to take out the jewels.
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Beneath the Alaskan frozen surface, the land is loaded with natural recourses. I mentioned that the longest Ice Road route is from the Arctic Ocean to Prudhoe Bay in Alaska and now I want to mention that the Prudhoe Bay is one of the largest oil fields in the continent.
Ice roads in Alaska:
- Prudhoe Bay ice road over the Arctic Ocean 25 miles or 40 km long, it is used to serve the oil fields. The maximum speed on this ice road is 10mph or 16km/h.
- Another ice road is from Prudhoe Bay/Alaska to Thomson/Alaska long 68miles or 10pkm. It is on the Beaufort Sea and mostly used for transportation goods to Point Thomson area.
- Seasonal ice road from Kuparuk Oil Field to the Alpine oil field which connects the Nuiqsut village on the Colville River banks. Long 31 miles or 50km supplies Alpine with operational equipment and drilling rigs.
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Prudhoe Bay oil fields are maintained by thousands of workers who need the goods to survive on those hard to reach areas. In one day they produce 80 million barrels of crude! Also, this area is full with:
- Gold
- Silver
- Zinc
The ice road trucker has 2 responsibilities to transport basic goods to the Alaska area and to transport the mineral resources to the processing facilities.
