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 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: "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. "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)."
Title taken from information with photo. Aerial view of Union Oil Company oil drilling operation near Soldotna, Alaska, with Cook Inlet in background. Sept. 9, 1959. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size: 5" x 7".
Title taken from information with photo. Aerial view of Union Oil Company oil drilling operation near Soldotna, Alaska, with oil rig, vehicles, trailers, and buildings. Sept. 9, 1959. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size: 5" x 7".
Title taken from verso. View of oil drilling operation at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska at beginning of Trans-Alaska Pipeline. Also from verso: "Note the pingo at left." A pingo is a mound formed when ice expands during refreezing of sediments in a...