Title from verso. Full caption from verso reads: "Hercules C-130 aircraft lands on ARCO's Prudhoe Bay airstrip to supply exploratory drilling operations late in 1969. The huge aircraft made it possible to transport drill rigs to the North...
Title from verso. Full comment from verso reads: "Prudhoe Bay State No. 1, the discovery well for the giant Prudhoe Bay field, is enclosed in a metal building in this 1969 photograph. The discovery well, drilled in 1968 by ARCO/Exxon,...
Title from verso. Full verso caption reads: "First development at Prudhoe Bay, on Alaska's North Slope, is pictured above in 1969. At center is ARCO's operations center, and adjoining it is a small topping plant to produce diesel fuel for...
Title from verso. Full verso caption reads: "Cluster of modular units is home to seismic crew during early North Slope exploration. The units, pulled across the frozen tundra with caterpillar tractors, became known as 'cat trains.' "
Title from verso. Full caption from verso reads: "A workman uses a blowtorch to thaw a thread protectons [sic]link of casing pipe during early Prudhoe Bay exploratory drilling."
Title from verso. Full caption from verso reads: "Drill rig is illuminated in Arctic sunset/sunrise during winter of 1969-1970. During 56 days in winter, the sun never rises above the horizon in Alaska's far north."
Title from verso. Full caption from verso reads: "Equipment used for seismic exploration on Alaska's North Slope in 1969 includes a shot hole drill, at left foreground, and a Nodwell tracked vehicle at center. At right in one of the portable...
Title from verso. Full caption from verso reads: "The aurora borealis, commonly known as the northern lights, dances across the Arctic sky in this photo taken at Prudhoe Bay on a cold winter's night in 1969."
Title from verso. Full verso caption reads: "Confirmation well, which verified the discovery for the Prudhoe Bay oil field, was the Sag River State No. 1, drilled in 1968. The discovery well, Prudhoe bay State No. 1, was completed as a gas...
Title from verso. Full caption from verso reads: "A drilling rig sends out a spray of steam during exploratory work at Prudhoe Bay in 1969. The well which discovered the huge oil field had previously been drilled but additional wells, such as...
Title from verso. Full caption from verso reads: "A tugboat and barges, used to lighter freight from larger ocean-going barges after their arrival on Alaska's North Slope, maintain a lonely vigil after freezeup in the fall on 1969."
Title from verso. Full caption from verso reads: "Blowing snow nearly obscures the Prudhoe Bay discovery well in 1969 photo. 'White outs' such as this are common during Arctic winters."
Title from verso. Full caption from verso reads: "Barges used to transport Prudhoe Bay oil field facilities from the West Coast to Alaska's North Slope during the summer of 1969 remain frozen in the ice at ARCO's East Dock during the...
Title from verso. Full caption from verso reads: "Roughnecks connect pipe string during delineation drilling at Prudhoe Bay in 1969. Extreme weather conditions in the Arctic mandate that the drill floor be enclosed and heated."
Title from verso. Full caption from verso reads: "Hercules C-130 aircraft lands at Prudhoe Bay to bring in supplies for drilling activity in 1969. soon after the discovery of the giant oil field."
Title from verso. Full caption from verso reads: "Giant cranes, used to unload cargo at ARCO's East Dock at Prudhoe Bay, stand like sentinels during the long, cold winter of 1969-70."
Title from verso. Full caption from verso reads: "Support helicopter hovers low over seismic 'cat train' making its way across the frozen tundra of Alaska's North Slope in 1969."
Title from verso. "Seismic exploration 'cat' train, in the foreground, was at work on Alaska's North slope in 1969 while exploratory drilling continued nearby. (Atlantic Richfield photo)."